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Character · OnomatopoeiaTraditional吡

onomatopoeia for animal sound

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples
1.

onomatopoeia

to bleat; sound of a sheep or goat

archaic

方言或古汉语用法,现代口语中不常用,多见于古籍或文学作品。

Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
yǒu有
xíng形
róng容
niú牛
yáng羊
de的
jiào叫
shēng声
wéi为
 “
pí吡
pí吡
 ”
 。

Ancient texts describe the bleating of cattle and sheep as 'pí pí'.