zhōu

喌

Character · Interjection · NounTraditional啁

chicken call; twitter

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Meanings

2 senses · 3 examples
1.

interjection

sound used to call chickens; clucking noise to summon poultry

Onomatopoeic sound traditionally used by farmers to call chickens, often repeated as '啁啁'.

Nǎi奶
nai奶
zhōu啁
zhōu啁
de地
huàn唤
zhe着
 ，
jī鸡
qún群
jiù就
pǎo跑
guò过
lái来
le了
 。

Grandmother called out 'zhou zhou' and the flock of chickens ran over.

Tā他
xué学
zhe着
fā发
chū出
zhōu啁
zhōu啁
de的
shēng声
yīn音
dòu逗
xiǎo小
jī鸡
 。

He learned to make the 'zhou zhou' sound to amuse the chicks.

2.

noun

twittering of birds; chirping sound

literary

Literary or dialectal usage describing bird calls, often seen in compounds like 啁啾.

Lín林
jiān间
chuán传
lái来
zhōu啁
jiū啾
de的
niǎo鸟
jiào叫
shēng声
 。

The twittering of birds came from the forest.