咔嚓
kaa4 caat4kaa4 caak4kā chā
English
- (onom.) breaking or snapping
- (coll.) cut it out
- stop it
- also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1]
- sound of camera shutter
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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.
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk