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嚓

cā

Character

What 嚓 means

1. onomatopoeiascraping sound
2. ripping of fabric
3. screeching of tires

Other readings

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

• chāused in {咔嚓|kā chā}, {喀嚓|kā chā} and {啪嚓|pā chā}; Taiwan pr. cā

Example sentences

• 女巫抓住乐佩美丽的秀发，将它们在左手上绕两圈，右手拿起一把剪刀，咔嚓咔嚓，秀发被剪断了，漂亮的辫子散落在地上。
  The enchantress clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snap, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground.

Words starting with 嚓

• 嚓嚓cā cā(onomatopoeia) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires

Words containing 嚓

• 咔嚓kā chā(onomatopoeia) breaking or snapping; (colloquial) cut it out; stop it
• 喀嚓kā chā(onomatopoeia) breaking or snapping
• 咯嚓gē chāto break into two (onom.)
• 啪嚓pā chā(onomatopoeia) (sound of sth smashing as it hits the ground)…

Characters built on 察

These share the phonetic component 察 (chá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 檫cháChinese sassafras; Sassafras tzumu
• 镲chǎsmall cymbals

Characters that look like 嚓

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

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 噪zào(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 濒bīnto approach; to border on; near
• 蟋xīused in 蟋蟀
• 噻sāiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read cā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 擦to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)