咔嚓

kāchā

interjection #16,336

Meanings

1 snap (sound)
2 click (sound)
3 breaking or snapping sound

Characters

onomatopoeia component

onomatopoeia component

Examples

咔嚓一声，树枝断了。

Kāchā yī shēng, shùzhī duàn le.

Snap — the branch broke.

她按了一下快门，咔嚓拍了一张照片。

Tā àn le yīxià kuàimén, kāchā pāi le yī zhāng zhàopiàn.

She pressed the shutter — click — and took a photo.

Tips

grammar

Onomatopoeia in Chinese often appear in the pattern X一声 (X yī shēng) — 'with a [sound].' Example: 咔嚓一声 (with a snap).

Stroke Order

咔 kā

嚓 chā