潺潺

chánchán
  1. murmur
  2. babble (sound of water)

CEDICT

  1. (onomatopoeia) to babble (of flowing water); to murmur; to gurgle; to burble
  2. sound made by rain or flowing water; murmur; gurgle
  3. to babble (of flowing water); to murmur; to gurgle; to burble

Wiktionary

狀聲詞：(1)形容流水聲。三國魏．曹丕〈丹霞蔽日行〉：「谷水潺潺，木落翩翩。」唐．孟郊〈弔盧殷〉詩一○首之一：「百泉空相吊，日久哀潺潺。」(2)形容雨聲。唐．柳宗元〈雨中贈仙人山賈山人〉詩：「寒江夜雨聲潺潺，曉雲遮盡仙人山。」南唐．李煜〈浪淘沙．簾外雨潺潺〉詞：「簾外雨潺潺，春意闌珊，羅衾不耐五更寒。」

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Entry Composition

1 潺 chán
  1. flow
  2. trickle (of water)
2 潺 chán
  1. flow
  2. trickle (of water)

Related entries

唧啾 jījiū
  1. (onom.) babble
  2. twittering of birds