Chinese symbol for “chirp”
叽叽喳喳
jī jī zhā zhā
Traditional: 嘰嘰喳喳
(onom.) chirp; twitter; buzzing; to chatter continuously
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chirp is 叽叽喳喳 (jī jī zhā zhā), defined as: (onom.) chirp; twitter; buzzing; to chatter continuously.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chirp”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吱 | zī | (onom.) chirp; squeak; creak |
| 啾 | jiū | (onom.) wailing of child; chirp |
| 噪 | zào | (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise |
| 啁啾 | zhōu jiū | (bird) twitter; chirp |
| 戛 | jiá | lance; to tap |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叽叽喳喳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叽里咕噜 (嘰里咕嚕) | jī li gū lū | see 叽哩咕噜 (jī li gū lū) |
| 磨叽 (磨嘰) | mò ji | (dialect) to dawdle; to waste time |
| 叽哩咕噜 (嘰哩咕嚕) | jī li gū lū | (onom.) to jabber; to rumble |
| 哔叽 (嗶嘰) | bì jī | serge (loanword) |
| 叽叽咕咕 (嘰嘰咕咕) | jī ji gū gū | (onom.) to mutter; to mumble |
| 喳喳 | chā chā | (onom.) whisper |
| 唧唧喳喳 | jī jī zhā zhā | (onom.) chattering or giggling |
| 嘁嘁喳喳 | qī qi chā chā | chattering |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chirp”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.