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): ㄆㄨㄔ

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

Noun

撲嗤

(onomatopoeia) a chuckle
- 1827, Li Ruzhen, Flowers in the Mirror‎:
  
  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.

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