磕磕

Chinese

		to tap; knock	to tap; knock
simp. and trad. (磕磕)		磕	磕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēkē, kàikài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄎㄜ, ㄎㄞˋ ㄎㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēkē → kēke (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄎㄜ → ㄎㄜ ˙ㄎㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keke̊
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-kʻo⁵
    • Yale: kē-ke
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke.ke
    • Palladius: кэкэ (kɛkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰə²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàikài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˋ ㄎㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàikài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai⁴-kʻai⁴
    • Yale: kài-kài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaykay
    • Palladius: кайкай (kajkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Interjection

1. knock-knock (verbal knocking sound)