拟声词

擬聲詞

nǐshēngcí

noun

Meanings

1 onomatopoeia
2 onomatopoeic word

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

漫画里常常用拟声词来表现声音。

Mànhuà lǐ chángcháng yòng nǐshēngcí lái biǎoxiàn shēngyīn.

Comics often use onomatopoeia to show sounds.

HSK 7-9

“汪汪”是模仿狗叫的拟声词。

" Wāngwāng " shì mófǎng gǒu jiào de nǐshēngcí.

Wāngwāng is an onomatopoeia imitating a dog's bark.

Tips

usage

Also called 象声词. Common ones: 哗啦 (splashing, clattering), 轰隆 (rumbling), 叮咚 (a doorbell) and 嗡嗡 (buzzing). Many are written with the 口 radical, which marks a character as a sound.

Stroke Order

拟 nǐ

声 shēng

词 cí