阿嚏

ātì
interjection #41,028

Meanings

  1. 1 a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
  2. 2 achoo

Examples

Ātì! Āi, zuìjìn lǎoshì dǎ pēntì.
Achoo! Ugh, I keep sneezing lately.
Háizi dǎ le ge xiǎngliàng de ātì.
The child let out a loud 'a-choo'.

Tips

memory
Pure onomatopoeia: (ā) for the inhale, (tì) for the explosive release — even the second character contains plus 'mouth' radical, marking it as a mouth-noise. The verb is 打喷嚏 (dǎ pēntì) 'to sneeze'.

Stroke Order

ā