sound of coughing (a child would say ke1r ke1r)
ྠ¶ù ¿¦
ke1r ka1
giggle, hehe hehe, He! He!
Îû Îû
xi1xi1
ha ha (sound of laughing heartily)
¹þ ¹þ
ha1ha1
His speech gave rise to a wave of hissing. (yi2 pian4 means that the whole audience started hissing and it grew in a surge -- so pian4 is a flat surface -- the image is of everyone doing the same thing)
Ëû µÄ ·¢ ÑÔ Òý Æð Ò» Ƭ Ðê Éù ¡£
Ta1 de fa1yan2 yin3qi3 yi2 pian4 xu1sheng1.
oh, oh my, wow
àÞ
ao4
quacking, laughing sound (the crack of a branch when weighed down by snow)
¸Â ¸Â
ga1ga1
uproar, din, someone who keeps talking
ÍÛ À² ÍÛ À²
wa1la1wa1la1
bah, pah (sound of disgust)
ÅÞ
pei1
chatter away, jabber
àÒ àÒ Ôû Ôû
qi1qi1cha1cha1
clap (hands)
ßÉ ßó
gua1ji
sound of a click = click of tongue
¸Â àª
ga1da1
click = click of tongue
°É àª
ba1da1
hullabaloo, uproar, din
ÍÛ À² £¨ À® £©
wa1la1
voice disgust = yuck!
ßÀ
E4!!!
flap, crowd leaving quickly (sound of flags in the wind, bird's wings beating rapidly, or the rapid exit of a crowd or audience, giving the image of "here one moment, gone the next")
ºô À² £¨ À® £©
hu1la1
giggle
Îû
xi1
hem and haw
ºß ¶ù ¹þ ¶ù
heng1rha1r
jabber
ß´ Àï ¹¾ àà
ji1ligu1lu1
voice kiss = sound
àÔ ¨æ
beng1r
sound of laughing, ha! ha!
ßê
chi1
sound of ordinary laughing, a shy guy's laugh, a sinister laugh -- Hey! Hey! (may be used as a wry laugh, like Hey!, to indicate that something isn't funny! You need the right inflection.)
ºÙ ºÙ
hei1hei1
roars of laughter
ºå
hong1
mumble
¹¾ àà
gu1lu1
mutter, murmur
à« à«
nan2nan2
ouch, ow (literary)
à» à»
ao2'ao2
puff
àÛ
pu1
voice to be quiet = shhhh
Ðê
xu1
sound of reading aloud
ÀÅ ÀÅ
lang2lang2
voice scream in fright = eek!
°¡
A1!!!!!!
sound of a sneeze = ah choo
°¡ Ìç
a1ti4
Ahhh Chooo! (sound of sneezing)
sound of snoring
ºô àà
hu1lu1
sound of talking loudly
ß´ Àï ßÉ À²
ji1ligua1la1
titter, snigger, fizz
àÛ àÍ £¨ ÆË ßê £©
pu1chi1
sound of vomiting
¿¦
ka4
well, hmm, uh (If it is said in the first tone -- it means 'well, ahh', but if the fourth tone is used, it means agreement)
àÅ
en1
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/topics/topics.html Last Update: January 2009 © Marilyn Shea 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008
