tích tắc
Pronunciation
Northern
/tïk˧˥ tak˧˥/
Central
/tḭ̈t˩˧ ta̰k˩˧/
Southern
/tɨt˧˥ tak˧˥/
tick tock
Interjection
tick tock
2 senses
2 Components
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Interjection
Sense 1
Interjection
tick tock
Discourse & Logic
This interjection represents the repetitive sound made by a mechanical clock or watch as it marks the passing seconds.
vi Chiếc đồng hồ kêu tích tắc suốt đêm.
en The clock went tick tock all night long.
Noun
Sense 2
Noun
split-second
This noun refers to an extremely short period of time, similar to a single moment or a very brief split-second.
vi Mọi việc diễn ra chỉ trong một tích tắc.
en Everything happened in just a split-second.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
積則
Candidates by syllable
tích
積（績 / 跡 / 迹 / 昔）
tắc
則（塞）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.