阿嚏

ātì

interjection #41,028

Meanings

1 a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
2 achoo

Characters

(onomatopoeia/prefix sound)

Examples

HSK 7-9

阿嚏！哎，最近老是打喷嚏。

Ātì! Āi, zuìjìn lǎoshì dǎ pēntì.

Achoo! Ugh, I keep sneezing lately.

HSK 7-9

孩子打了个响亮的阿嚏。

Háizi dǎ le ge xiǎngliàng de ātì.

The child let out a loud 'a-choo'.

Tips

memory

Pure onomatopoeia: 阿 for the inhale, 嚏 for the explosive release - even the second character contains 口 'mouth' radical, marking it as a mouth-noise. The verb is 打喷嚏 'to sneeze'.

Stroke Order

阿 ā

嚏 tì