咔嗒

kādā

interjection

Meanings

1 click
2 clatter
3 clack (onomatopoeia)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

门锁咔嗒一声打开了。

Ménsuǒ kādā yì shēng dǎkāi le.

The door lock opened with a click.

HSK 5

他咔嗒咔嗒地敲着键盘。

Tā kādā kādā de qiāo zhe jiànpán.

He clattered away on the keyboard.

Tips

memory

Both characters carry the 口 (mouth) radical - a giveaway for onomatopoeia in Chinese. When you see 口 + phonetic component, suspect a sound word: 咕咚 (splash/thud), 哗啦 (splash/crash), 嘀嗒 (ticking).

Stroke Order

咔 kā

嗒 dā