粵

嘖zik1嘖zik1稱cing1奇kei4

simp啧啧称奇
zik1 zik1 cing1 kei4zé zé chēng qí

English

  1. to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. to be astonished
  3. to show amazement, praise, even with interjection; literally: smack one's lips to praise something amazing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對啲事感到驚訝,甚至真係咂嘴發出「咂咂」、「嘖嘖」之類嘅聲

Examples

  • 呢個BB被山泥活埋七日仍然生存,大家都嘖嘖稱奇。

    The baby survived after being buried under the landslide for a week. Amazed, everyone who knew that praised the miraculous baby.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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