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喔

Character · Onomatopoeia

cock-a-doodle-doo; crowing sound

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

onomatopoeia

the crowing of a rooster; cock-a-doodle-doo

Imitates the loud, drawn-out cry of a rooster, often repeated as '喔喔喔' (wō wō wō). Used in literature and daily speech to describe dawn or rural scenes.

Qīng清
chén晨
 ，
gōng公
jī鸡
wō喔
wō喔
de地
jiào叫
le了
qǐ起
lái来
 。

Early in the morning, the rooster began to crow cock-a-doodle-doo.

Yuǎn远
chù处
chuán传
lái来
wō喔
wō喔
de的
jī鸡
míng鸣
shēng声
 。

From afar came the clucking and crowing of chickens.

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Wō喔
wō喔
wō喔
 ！
Tiān天
liàng亮
le了
 。

Cock-a-doodle-doo! Dawn has broken.