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嘁

qī
adjective #46,647

Meanings

  1. 1 the sound of low, hurried whispering (used in 嘁嘁喳喳)

Examples

几个人在角落里嘁嘁喳喳地说话。
Jǐ gè rén zài jiǎoluò lǐ qīqīchāchā de shuōhuà.
A few people were whispering and chattering quietly in the corner.

Tips

history
嘁 is not used independently in modern Chinese; it occurs only in the onomatopoeic 嘁嘁喳喳 (whispering and chattering) and 嘁哩喀喳 (quick and brisk). It joins the mouth radical 口 with the phonetic 戚.
register
Bound and colloquial-literary; appears only in fixed sound words, not as a free word on its own.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The mouth radical 口 on the left marks this as a sound made by the mouth — here low, hurried whispering.
phonetic
戚 qī
relative; sorrow
Supplies the sound, matching qī exactly. It is purely phonetic, carrying none of its 'relative / sorrow' meaning.

Stroke Order

嘁 qī