滴答 meaning in English

dīdā

(onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water)

26 strokes

Meaning of 滴答

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

滴答 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

唯wéi一yī能néng听tīng到dào的de声shēng音yīn是shì钟zhōng的de滴dī答dā声shēng。
The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.

Stroke order for each character

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滴 dī · to drip · 14 strokes

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答 dá · to answer · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 滴答.

回答huídáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
答应dāyingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
答案dá'ànanswer; solution
报答bàodáto repay; to requite
答复dáfùto answer; to reply
解答jiědáto solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty)
答辩dábiànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
答对dáduìto answer correctly; (literary) to respond; to reply
答录机dálùjīanswering machine
点滴diǎndīa drip; a little bit
问答wèndáquestion and answer
水滴shuǐdīdrop of water

Questions about 滴答

What does 滴答 mean?

滴答 (dīdā) means "(onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water)".

How do you write 滴答?

滴答 is made of 2 characters: 滴 (14 strokes), 答 (12 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.