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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gā | ga1
English translation
a cackling sound; bad, malevolent

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口戛

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

jiá

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qiáo , jiàng dōu zài 袖子 xiù zi shǎng le .

Look, the paste has crusted on your sleeve.

萨兰冬穿 chuān le jiàn Hēi páo , zhāo 白马 páo le 过来 guò lái .

Saran Tunga, wearing a black robe, rode along on a white horse.

de shēng ,椅子 yǐzi tuī huí le yuán wèi .

He pushed back his chair with a loud scrape.

行李 xíng li 压得扁担 biǎn dan zhī 嘎吱 gā zhī Zhí xiǎng .

The shoulder pole creaked under the weight of the luggage.

克莱 Kè lái Mén zhā 忙于 máng yú 对付 duìfu bào -,根本 gēnběn 分不开 shǒu .

Clemenza was tied up with Paulie Gatto.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cackling sound
嘎嘎 gā gā honk嘎嘎 gā gā
嘎啦 gā la rattling嘎啦 gā la
嘎然 gā rán suddenly stop (of sounds)嘎然 gā rán
萨嘎 Sà gā Saga county, Tibetan: Sa dga' rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet薩嘎
嘎吱 gā zhī crunch嘎吱 gā zhī
贡嘎 Gòng gá Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区 Shān nán dì qū [Shān​nán​dì​qū], Tibet貢嘎
吱嘎 zhī gā crunch吱嘎 zhī gā
贡嘎县 Gòng gá xiàn Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区 Shān nán dì qū [Shān​nán​dì​qū], Tibet貢嘎縣
阿巴嘎旗 Ā bā gā qí Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟 Xī lín guō lè méng [Xī​lín​guō​lè​méng], Inner Mongolia阿巴嘎旗 Ā bā gā qí
叽叽嘎嘎 jī jī gá gá (onom.) giggling noise嘰嘰嘎嘎
萨嘎县 Sà gā xiàn Saga county, Tibetan: Sa dga' rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet薩嘎縣
唧唧嘎嘎 jī jī gá gá (onom.) giggling noise唧唧嘎嘎 jī jī gá gá

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