describing the sound of wind or water
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesonomatopoeia
soughing; whooshing; murmuring (descriptive of wind or water sounds)
literaryA literary, onomatopoeic reduplicative word used to evoke the gentle, continuous sound of wind blowing or water flowing.
Shān山
jiān间
xī溪
liú流
，
fēng渢
fēng渢
zuò作
xiǎng响
。
The mountain stream murmured softly.
Qiū秋
fēng风
fēng渢
fēng渢
，
chuī吹
guò过
lín林
shāo梢
。
The autumn wind soughed as it blew through the treetops.
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Tā他
cè侧
ěr耳
qīng倾
tīng听
，
wéi唯
yǒu有
fēng渢
fēng渢
shuǐ水
shēng声
。
He listened carefully, hearing only the murmuring sound of water.