Definition
啾啾 is an onomatopoeia that imitates the chirping sound of birds or the piteous cry of small animals (like chicks or kittens). You'll encounter it most often in literary descriptions, children's rhymes, or nature writing. It can stand alone as the sound itself or be embedded in a sentence to describe what the listener hears.
onomatopoeia
chirpchirp (birds)piteous cry (small animals)
Examples
- 啾啾。Shù shàng chuánlái xiǎo niǎo jiū jiū de jiàoshēng.The chirping of little birds came from the tree.
- 啾啾，。Wǒ tīng dào jǐ shēng jiū jiū, yuánlái shì xiǎo māo zài zhǎo māma.I heard a few piteous cries — it turned out to be a kitten looking for its mother.
- 啾啾。Chuāng wài de máquè zhěngtiān jiū jiū de jiào zhe.The sparrows outside the window chirp all day long.
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