粵

咔kaa4嚓caat4

kaa4 caat4kaa4 caak4kā chā

English

  1. (onom.) breaking or snapping
  2. (coll.) cut it out
  3. stop it
  4. also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1]
  5. sound of camera shutter

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 相機快門聲

Examples

  • 女巫抓住樂佩美麗的秀發,將它們在左手上繞兩圈,右手拿起一把剪刀,咔嚓咔嚓,秀髮被剪斷了,漂亮的辮子散落在地上。

    The enchantress clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snap, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

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

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