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Character Decomposition
嘎=口+戛
Etymology
mouth
Meanings3 pronunciations
gā
(onom.) short but loud sound
gá
cackling sound
gǎ
(dialect) ill-tempered; ornery
(dialect) naughty; mischievous
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Words with 嘎 46 total
(onom.) quack · honk · (northern dialect) very · also pr. gā ga, gá ga etc嘎嘎gā gā(onom.) screech of a sudden stop · suddenly stop (of sounds) · crisply and clearly (of sounds)嘎然gā rán(onom.) creak · crunch嘎吱gā zhī(onom.) creak · crunch吱嘎zhī gā(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust嘎了gǎ le(onom.) rumbling · rattling嘎啦gā la(loanword) oh my God!偶买嘎ǒu mǎi gā(linguistics) creaky voice · vocal fry吱嘎声zhī gā shēng
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