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嘎

gā

Character

What 嘎 means

1. onomatopoeiashort but loud sound

Other readings

嘎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gácackling sound
• gǎill-tempered; ornery; naughty; mischievous
• gáold variant of {嘎|gá}

Example sentences

• 嘎嘎！
  Quack!
• 坏的轮子会嘎嘎响很久。
  Bad wheels will squeal a lot.
• 刮风的时候，老橡树的叶子会沙沙作响，树枝会发出嘎吱声。
  When it's windy, the leaves of the old oak rustle and its branches creak.
• 上次去看雷帝嘎嘎的演唱会， 尽管她唱完歌了，很多听歌的人却不满足。
  Shàngcì qù kàn léi dì gāgā de yǎnchànghuì, jǐnguǎn tā chàng wán gē le, hěn duō tīng gē de rén què bù mǎnzú.
  Last time I went to a Lady Gaga concert, although she finished all her songs, many members of the audience were not satisfied.
• 一只赛勒诺栖于岩石之上，你看，/ 那阴郁的女先知就这样嘎声道出她的末日预言。/「还有战争，拉俄墨冬两度背信的后裔！/ 你们带来的是战争，还偷杀了我们的牛群？/ 而你们还要将无辜的哈尔庇厄驱逐，/ 赶出她们古老、世代相传的领地？」
  One perched, Celaeno, on a rock, and lo, / thus croaked the dismal seer her prophecy of woe. / "War, too, Laomedon's twice-perjured race! / War do ye bring, our cattle stol'n and slain? / And unoffending Harpies would ye chase / forth from their old, hereditary reign?"

Words starting with 嘎

• 嘎嘎gā gā(onomatopoeia) quack; honk; (northern dialect) very
• 嘎吱gā zhī(onomatopoeia) creak; crunch
• 嘎了gǎ le(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust
• 嘎啦gā la(onomatopoeia) rumbling; rattling
• 嘎然gā rán(onomatopoeia) screech of a sudden stop; suddenly stop (of sounds)…
• 嘎拉哈gā lā hà(Manchu loanword) knucklebones; see 羊拐
• 嘎嘎小姐Gā gā Xiǎo jieLady Gaga (1986-), US pop singer

Words containing 嘎

• 吱嘎zhī gā(onomatopoeia) creak; crunch
• 偶买嘎ǒu mǎi gā(loanword) oh my God!
• 吱嘎声zhī gā shēng(linguistics) creaky voice; vocal fry
• 哦买嘎ò mǎi gā(loanword) oh my God!
• 噢买嘎ō mǎi gā(loanword) oh my God!
• 欧买嘎ōu mǎi gā(loanword) oh my God!
• 萨嘎县Sà gā XiànSaga, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 贡嘎县Gòng gá XiànGonggar, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 这嘎达zhèi gā da(northeast dialect) here; this place
• 吱吱嘎嘎zī zī gā gā(onomatopoeia) creaking and grating
• 阿巴嘎旗Ā bā gā qíAbag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟
• 叽叽嘎嘎jī ji gā gā(onomatopoeia) giggling noise
• 唧唧嘎嘎jī ji gā gā(onomatopoeia) cackling; creaking
• 萨嘎Sà gāsee 萨嘎县
• 贡嘎Gòng gásee 贡嘎县

Characters that look like 嘎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 噢ōoh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. òu
• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 噶gáphonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)…
• 噗pū(onomatopoeia) pop; plop; pfff
• 嘬chuài(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously

Sounds the same

Read gā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咖used in 咖喱
• 夹used in 夹肢窝
• 伽used in the transliteration of Greek letters
• 戛used in 戛纳
• 呷used in 呷呷
• 胳used in 胳肢窝
• 旮used in 旮旯