呷 Stroke Order

呷 [xiā] 1. To sip small amounts. 例如: 呷了一口茶。 (Sipped a mouthful of tea.) 本义: 小口饮 (The original meaning: drinking in small mouthfuls) 造字法: 形声。从口，甲声 (Method of formation: phonetic compound; from 'mouth', sound 'gā') 引例: 1. 明·袁宏道《满井游记》：呷浪之鳞。 (Ming Dynasty - Yuan Hongdao "Writings of the Full Well": "sipping the scales of the waves.") 2. 《水浒传》: 自也吃了些鱼，呷了几口汤汁。 (Water Margin: "I also ate some fish, and sipped a few mouthfuls of broth.") 另见 gā (See also: gā) 呷 [gā] 象声词： 1. 鸭叫声 (Onomatopoeia for duck quack). 2. 笑声 (Onomatopoeia for laughter, ha-ha). 例: 如:呷呷 (For example: gā gā) 动词: 喝、饮 (Verb: to drink). 组词: 「呷茶」(Word pairing: 'sip tea'). 例句: 宋．郑震〈饮马长城窟〉诗：「朝呷一口水，暮破千重关。」 (Song Dynasty - Zheng Zhen "Drinking at the Great Wall Cave": "In the morning sipped a mouthful of water, in the evening broke through thousands of barriers.") 《儒林外史．第二零回》: 「勉强呷了两口汤，仍旧面朝床里睡下。」 ("The Scholars, Chapter 20": "Reluctantly sipped a couple mouthfuls of soup, still facing down to sleep.")