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哧

chī
interjection #31,618

Meanings

  1. 1 (onomatopoeia) the sound of giggling, hissing, tearing paper or ripping fabric
  2. 2 (in subtitles) [snicker] / [rip] sound effect

Examples

她哧哧地笑了起来。
Tā chīchī de xiào le qǐlái.
She started giggling.
哧的一声，布撕开了。
Chī de yì shēng, bù sī kāi le.
With a rip, the cloth tore open.

Tips

memory
Pure sound word — the 口 (mouth) radical signals 'this character is a noise.' Two main uses: (1) reduplicated 哧哧 = a stifled giggle (compare English 'tee-hee'); (2) 哧的一声 = a quick hiss/rip noise (cloth, paper, escaping steam).

Stroke Order

哧 chī