tí tách

Thân thiện

Mưa rơi tí tách trên mái tôn.

Definition

1. Onomatopoeia:
   • Dripping sound: A word that imitates the light, crisp, and intermittent sound of small drops of liquid falling, such as water or rain.
   • Crackling sound: It can also mimic a similar light, irregular, and successive sound, like that of dry wood burning in a fire.

Usage Examples

• Onomatopoeia:
  • Mưa rơi tí tách ngoài hiên. (The rain falls tí tách on the porch.)
  • Tiếng củi khô cháy tí tách. (The dry firewood burns with a tí tách crackle.)
  • Nước nhỏ giọt tí tách từ vòi. (Water drips tí tách from the faucet.)

Advanced Usage

• "tí tách" as an adjective: In some contexts, it can function descriptively to mean "dripping" or producing such a sound.
  • Âm thanh tí tách của cơn mưa đầu mùa. (The tí tách sound of the first seasonal rain.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lộp bộp (onomatopoeia): Imitates a heavier, fuller dripping or splashing sound, often for larger drops.
• Róc rách (onomatopoeia): Imitates a light, continuous flowing or babbling sound, like a small stream.

Synonyms

• Drip-drip: The sound of liquid falling in drops.
• Pitter-patter: A rapid series of light, tapping sounds, often for light rain.
• Crackle: A series of slight, sharp, snapping sounds.

Related Idioms

• While "tí tách" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in poetic descriptions to evoke atmosphere.
  • Đêm khuya chỉ còn tiếng mưa tí tách. (Late at night, there was only the tí tách sound of the rain.)

Học thuật

adj

1. dripping