滴答

dīdā
interjection

Meanings

  1. 1 (onom.) tick tock
  2. 2 drip drip
  3. 3 pattering sound

Examples

Qiáng shàng de zhōng dīdā dīdā xiǎng.
The clock on the wall goes tick-tock, tick-tock.
Yǔshuǐ cóng wūyán shàng dīdā xiàlái.
Rainwater drips down from the eaves.
Bànyè shuǐlóngtóu yīzhí dīdā, chǎo de wǒ shuì bù zháo.
The tap kept dripping through the night and kept me awake.

Tips

usage
Often reduplicated as 滴答滴答 to mimic a continuous sound. Also written phonetically as 嘀嗒. The second syllable is frequently pronounced neutral-tone (dī da).

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