咔嚓

Chinese

trad. (咔嚓)		咔	嚓
simp. #(咔嚓)		咔	嚓
alternative forms		喀嚓 咔擦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāchā, kācā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ ㄔㄚ, ㄎㄚ ㄘㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹ caat³, kaa⁴ caak⁴, kaa⁴ caat⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kacha
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: kā-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kacha
    • Palladius: кача (kača)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kācā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄘㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaca
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa¹-tsʻa¹
    • Yale: kā-tsā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: katsa
    • Palladius: каца (kaca)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ t͡sʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaa¹ caat³, kaa⁴ caak⁴, kaa⁴ caat⁴
    • Yale: kā chaat, kàh chàahk, kàh chàaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹ tsaat⁸, kaa⁴ tsaak⁴, kaa⁴ tsaat⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹ cad³, ka⁴ cag⁴, ka⁴ cad⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³/, /kʰaː²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚²¹/, /kʰaː²¹ t͡sʰaːt̚²¹/

Noun

咔嚓

1. (onomatopoeia) crack or snapping sound

   • 記得當相機　咔嚓時　我多麼想凝住初夏 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     记得当相机　咔嚓时　我多么想凝住初夏 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by Oscar, 夏之風物詩

     gei³ dak¹ dong¹ soeng^3-2 gei¹, kaa⁴ caak⁴ si⁴, ngo⁵ do¹ mo¹ soeng² jing⁴ zyu⁶ co¹ haa⁶ [Jyutping]

     I remember how much I wanted to freeze the early summer when the camera snapped.