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ID: QW0241 Intermediate
Boom! Crash! Baa! Ruff! Today's Qing Wen is all about onomatopoeias, those wonderful words that represent sounds. While these words in English are largely restricted to comic book fights and children's books about farm animals, you'll find the appearance of such words in Chinese much more prolific. Tune in and learn how to express all your favorite sounds and noises in Mandarin!
Sat Feb 25 2012 | Connie, Jenny, Greg
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叫声
jiàoshēng
Sound.
象声词
xiàngshēngcí
Onomatopoeia.
会看起来很生动。
huì kàn qǐlái hěn shēngdòng 。
They appear very vivid.
很多都是口字旁。
hěn duō dōu shì kǒuzìpáng 。
Many of them have a mouth radical.
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