Chinese symbol for “creak”
嘎吱
gā zhī
(onom.) creak; crunch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for creak is 嘎吱 (gā zhī), defined as: (onom.) creak; crunch.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “creak”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咯吱 | gē zhī | (onom.) creak; groan |
| 吱 | zī | (onom.) chirp; squeak; creak |
| 吱嘎 | zhī gā | (onom.) creak; crunch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘎吱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘎嘎 | gā gā | (onom.) quack; honk |
| 嘎啦 | gā la | (onom.) rumbling; rattling |
| 吱吱嘎嘎 | zī zī gā gā | (onom.) creaking and grating |
| 嘎然 | gā rán | (onom.) screech of a sudden stop; suddenly stop (of sounds) |
| 吱声 (吱聲) | zhī shēng | to utter a word; to make a sound |
| 吱呀 | zhī yā | (onom.) creaking |
| 咯吱 | gē zhī | (onom.) creak; groan |
| 吱吱声 (吱吱聲) | zī zī shēng | squeak |
See also: Japanese symbol for “creak”.
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.