Chinese symbol for “rattling”
嘎啦
gā la
(onom.) rumbling; rattling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rattling is 嘎啦 (gā la), defined as: (onom.) rumbling; rattling.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘎啦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘎嘎 | gā gā | (onom.) quack; honk |
| 嘎吱 | gā zhī | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 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) |
| 啦啦队 (啦啦隊) | lā lā duì | cheerleading squad |
| 稀里哗啦 (稀里嘩啦) | xī li huā lā | (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc); smashed to pieces; completely routed |
| 噼里啪啦 | pī li pā lā | (onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause |
| 哗啦 (嘩啦) | huā lā | (onom.) sound of a crash; with a crash |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rattling”.
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.