Different sounds of birds in Chinese

There are various words for the natural sounds of many things such as birds, insects, etc. These kinds of words are called onomatopoetic words. In this article, we learn different sounds of birds in Chinese. 

喳喳 zhā zhā, the twittering sound of birds.

喜鹊在桉树上喳喳地叫。

There are magpies twittering in the eucalyptus trees. 

啁啾 zhōu jiū, the chattering sound of birds

一鸟啁啾，百鸟应和。One bird chirped, all the birds began to sing.

呖呖 lì lì, the chirping sound of birds

莺声呖呖。

The Orioles are warbling.

嘤嘤 yīng yīng, a sound of birds

花园里万紫千红，鸟鸣嘤嘤。

The gardens blazed with colour and throbbed with birdsong.

噌 cēng, a sound of birds

麻雀噌的一声飞上了树。

The sparrow whizzed up into a tree.

哑哑 yā yā, the caw of birds especially crows

幼鸟的这种雏声，和婴儿哑哑学语的情况相似。

The subsong of young birds is comparable to the babbling that human infants do before they learn to speak.

嘎嘎 gā gā, quacking sound of ducks or wild gooses

鸭子嘎嘎叫。The duck quacks.

咕咕 gū gū, the cooing sound of a dove

鸽子在林中咕咕啼鸣。The doves were cooing in the trees.

啾啾 jiū jiū, the chirping sound of many birds together

鸟儿在枝头欢快地啾啾鸣唱。

The birds chirp merrily at the top of a tree.

咯咯 gē gē, the clucking sound of a hen