哷 (liè) - A sound made by chickens & to call or lure chickens

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liè ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical:

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哷 · liè

A sound made by chickens;

to call or lure chickens;

also used to describe certain sounds or calls.

A sound made by chickensto call or lure chickensalso used to describe certain sounds or calls.

Usage highlights

chicken callchicken soundbird callto lure chickens

Synonyms

  • 咯— clucking sound made by chickens
  • 咕— cooing sound made by birds

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The farmer made a sound to call the chickens (哷鸡).
  • In some dialects, it represents a specific chicken-calling sound (鸡哷声).
  • It can be used to describe certain bird calls (鸟哷).

Collocations

  • chicken call(哷鸡)
  • chicken sound(鸡哷)
  • bird call(鸟哷)
  • to lure chickens(哷鸡声)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Primarily used in rural or agricultural contexts related to poultry keeping.
  • Represents onomatopoeic vocabulary in Chinese, mimicking animal sounds.
  • More common in certain regional dialects than in standard Mandarin.

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