Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

滴答

dīdā

ㄉㄧ ㄉㄚ

  1. 1(onom.) pattering sound
  2. 2drip drip (of water)
  3. 3tick tock (of clock)
  4. 4also pr. [di1 da5]
Example

唯一能聽到的聲音是鐘的滴答聲。

wéiyì néng tīngdào de shēngyīn shì zhōng de dīdashēng

The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.

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