叽里呱啦

嘰裡呱啦
jīlǐguālā
adverb #33,033

Meanings

  1. 1 jabbering; chattering noisily; rattling on (in talk that's loud, fast, and often unintelligible)

Examples

HSK 3
Háizi men jīlǐguālā de pǎo jìn le jiàoshì.
The children jabbered as they ran into the classroom.
HSK 5
Tā jīlǐguālā shuō le yí dà duī, wǒ yí jù yě méi tīngdǒng.
He rattled on at length, but I didn't catch a single sentence.

Tips

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Colloquial onomatopoeia mimicking the sound of fast, garbled speech, often used a bit dismissively ('yapping on'). Frequently applied to children, foreigners speaking an unintelligible language, or anyone the speaker can't follow. Variants include 叽里咕噜 for muttering, 叽叽喳喳 for chirpy chatter.

Stroke Order

guā
la