叽里呱啦

嘰裡呱啦
jīlǐguālā
adverb #33,033

Meanings

  1. 1 jabbering; chattering noisily; rattling on (in talk that's loud, fast, and often unintelligible)

Examples

HSK 3
Háizi men jīlǐguālā de pǎo jìn le jiàoshì.
The children jabbered as they ran into the classroom.
HSK 5
Tā jīlǐguālā shuō le yí dà duī, wǒ yí jù yě méi tīngdǒng.
He rattled on at length, but I didn't catch a single sentence.

Tips

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Colloquial onomatopoeia mimicking the sound of fast, garbled speech, often used a bit dismissively ('yapping on'). Frequently applied to children, foreigners speaking an unintelligible language, or anyone the speaker can't follow. Variants include 叽里咕噜 for muttering, 叽叽喳喳 for chirpy chatter.

Stroke Order

叽 jī
里 lǐ
呱 guā
啦 la