Chinese word dictionary

咭咭呱呱

jī jī guā guā · (onom.) giggling noise

Practice word

Word information

Simplified咭咭呱呱

Traditional咭咭呱呱

Pinyinjī jī guā guā

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

咭jī

(Cant.) to guard (from Engl. 'guard'); a card (from Engl. 'card'); young and pretty (from Engl. 'kid')

咭jī

(Cant.) to guard (from Engl. 'guard'); a card (from Engl. 'card'); young and pretty (from Engl. 'kid')

呱gū

to wail, to cry; to swear at

呱gū

to wail, to cry; to swear at

How to learn 咭咭呱呱

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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