Definition

1. Onomatopoeia:
   • The clucking sound of a chicken or hen: "cục cục" is a word that imitates the sound made by chickens, especially hens, often when they are calling or after laying an egg.

Usage Examples

• Onomatopoeia:
  • Con gà mái kêu "cục cục" sau khi đẻ trứng. (The hen clucked "cục cục" after laying an egg.)
  • Tiếng "cục cục" vang lên từ chuồng gà. (The "cục cục" sound echoed from the chicken coop.)

Advanced Usage

• "kêu cục cục": to cluck (make the sound).
  • Nghe con gà mái kêu cục cục suốt buổi sáng. (Listening to the hen clucking all morning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cục tác (onomatopoeia): Another common Vietnamese onomatopoeia for the clucking or cackling sound of a chicken, often used interchangeably with "cục cục" but can imply a more specific cackle.
  • Con gà kêu cục tác ầm ĩ. (The chicken cackled noisily.)

Synonyms

• Cluck (v/n): The English equivalent sound or action.
• Cackle (v/n): A louder, more raucous clucking sound, often made by a hen.

Related Phrases

• Gà cục cục: A descriptive phrase for a clucking chicken.
  • Nhìn đàn gà cục cục ngoài vườn. (Look at the clucking chickens in the garden.)

Related Idioms

• (Không common) As an onomatopoeia, "cục cục" itself is not typically used in figurative idioms. It is used literally to describe the sound.