咔嗒 (kādā): click

Meanings

1 click
2 clatter
3 clack (onomatopoeia)

Characters

咔

Examples

门锁咔嗒一声打开了。

Ménsuǒ kādā yì shēng dǎkāi le.

The door lock opened with a click.

他咔嗒咔嗒地敲着键盘。

Tā kādā kādā de qiāozhe jiànpán.

He clattered away on the keyboard.

Tips

memory

Both characters carry the 口 (mouth) radical — a giveaway for onomatopoeia in Chinese. When you see 口 + phonetic component, suspect a sound word: 咕咚 (gūdōng, splash/thud), 哗啦 (huālā, splash/crash), 嘀嗒 (dīdā, ticking).

Stroke Order

咔 kā

嗒 dā

Related Words

嗒 dā #7,337

tap; click (onomatopoeia for a light tapping sound) / used in reduplication: 嗒嗒 (tapping/clicking sound)

咔 kā #13,211

(onomatopoeia) click; snap; crack / (used as phonetic 'ka')

吧嗒 bādā #51,138

(onom.) patter; click; plop / to smack one's lips; to puff (a pipe)

咔叽 kǎjī

khaki (loanword) / khaki cloth, twill cotton fabric

咔嚓 kāchā #16,336

snap (sound) / click (sound) / breaking or snapping sound

嘀嗒 dīdā #22,971

tick-tock (sound of a clock) / (onomatopoeia for a rhythmic tapping or dripping sound)

唧唧复唧唧 jījīfùjījī

click-clack, click-clack again / the sound of the loom (or Mulan's sighing) / opening line of the Ballad of Mulan

点击率 diǎnjīlǜ HSK 7

click-through rate / CTR / click rate

鼠标点击 shǔbiāodiǎnjī

mouse click / to click with a mouse

呜 wū #4,608

woo (crying sound) / toot (whistle sound) / onomatopoeia for sobbing or whistling