嗞

zī
interjection #22,263

Meanings

  1. 1 sizzle (onomatopoeia)
  2. 2 hiss
  3. 3 slurp

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zī de yī shēng hē wán le tāng.
He slurped down the soup in one go.
HSK 5
Ròu fàng jìn guō lǐ, zī de yī shēng.
The meat hit the pan with a sizzle.

Tips

usage
嗞 is a pure onomatopoeia for the sizzle of oil, hiss of steam, or slurp of liquid. Often written as 嗞的一声 (zī de yī shēng), with a sizzle.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
口 is the mouth radical and signals onomatopoeia, sound coming out of a mouth. Chinese routinely uses 口 + a phonetic to coin imitative sounds, like 嗡 buzz, 嘀 tick, 嘶 hiss. Here it frames the sizzling-fat or hissing-pan effect.
phonetic
兹 zī
this; now (literary)
兹 gives the sound zī directly, same tone. The classical 'this/herein' meaning has no role, pure phonetic borrowing to spell a hiss-like noise. 兹 here is slightly contracted to fit alongside 口 on the right.

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Stroke Order

嗞 zī