Definition
嘀嘀 is an onomatopoeia for short, repeated beeping sounds — most commonly the sound of a car horn (like 'beep beep') or an electronic notification. It's also famously the name of the ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing, but as a sound word it's reduplicated and stands alone in a sentence. Note: the pinyin in the source data is listed as just 'dī', but the headword has two characters; in natural speech it would be pronounced 'dī dī'.
onomatopoeia
beep beeptoot toot (sound of a car horn or electronic device)
Examples
- 嘀嘀。Wàimiàn chuánlái dī de qìchē lǎba shēng.The sound of a car horn came from outside.
- 嘀嘀,。Shǒujī dī xiǎng le yíxià, lái xīn xiāoxi le.The phone went 'beep' — a new message came in.
- 嘀嘀。Yóuxì lǐ měi guò yì guān dōu huì fāchū dī de shēngyīn.In the game, every time you pass a level it makes a beeping sound.
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