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flop; pit-a-pat; splash

Word usage

Words with pu tong

pū tōng

扑 通

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onomatopoeiaflop; pit-a-pat; splash
- pū tōng yī shēng shuāi dǎo
  扑通一声摔倒
  fall with a flop
- tā pū tōng diào dào shuǐ li
  他扑通掉到水里。
  He fell into the water with a splash.
- xīn pū tōng pū tōng de kuáng tiào
  心扑通扑通地狂跳。
  The heart goes pit-a-pat.
- tā diào jìn yóu yǒng chí shí wǒ men tīng dào pū tōng shēng
  她掉进游泳池时我们听到扑通声。
  We heard the splash when she fell into the pool.
synonym
gū dōng咕咚 pū tōng噗通 pū dōng噗咚

Word usage

Note
"扑通" cannot be written as "噗通" "扑嗵" or "朴通".
Reduplication
"扑通" can be reduplicated, for example: "扑通通".
- 她的心扑通通地跳。
  Her heart went pit-a-pat.

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