gwaa1呱
Jyutpinggwaa1
Yalegwā
Definition
The quack of a duck, caw of a crow, or similar crying and squawking sounds.
colloquialanimals
How it's used
This character is strictly onomatopoeic and serves to mimic the harsh, repetitive sounds made by certain birds. It is almost always reduplicated as 呱呱 to capture the rhythmic nature of the animal's call. While it can be used to describe the sound of a crow, it is more commonly associated with the quacking of ducks.
Examples
The duck is quacking over there.
Related words
Common phrases
to quack or caw
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Grammar guides
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