撲嗤

Chinese

		rush on	laugh at; jeer; scoff at laugh at; jeer; scoff at; sneer at
trad. (撲嗤)		撲	嗤
simp. (扑哧/扑嗤)		扑	哧/嗤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pūchī

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pūchī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: puchih
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-chʻih¹
    • Yale: pū-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puchy
    • Palladius: пучи (puči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/

Noun

撲嗤

1. (onomatopoeia) a chuckle
   • 1827, Li Ruzhen, Flowers in the Mirror‎^[1]:

     看罷，忍不住撲嗤笑了一聲。 [MSC, trad.]
     看罢，忍不住扑嗤笑了一声。 [MSC, simp.]

     Kàn bà, rěnbùzhù pūchī xiào le yīshēng. [Pinyin]

     Seeing this, he could not help but let out a chuckle.