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咕嘟

Word · Onomatopoeia

onomatopoeia for boiling, gushing, or gulping

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

onomatopoeia

sound of liquid boiling, gushing, or gulping down

neutral

Often used descriptively in writing or speech to vividly depict a sound. It can be reduplicated as '咕嘟咕嘟'.

Guō锅
lǐ里
de的
zhōu粥
gū咕
dū嘟
gū咕
dū嘟
de地
xiǎng响
zhe着
 。

The porridge in the pot was bubbling.

Quán泉
shuǐ水
gū咕
dū嘟
gū咕
dū嘟
de地
cóng从
dì地
xià下
mào冒
chū出
lái来
 。

Spring water gushed out from the ground.

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Tā他
kǒu口
kě渴
jí极
le了
 ,
duān端
qǐ起
shuǐ水
bēi杯
gū咕
dū嘟
gū咕
dū嘟
hē喝
le了
yī一
dà大
bàn半
 。

He was terribly thirsty and gulped down more than half the glass of water.