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14 Nov 2014
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How to describe the sound of bolowing a whistle in English? For traditional chinese, it's 嗶一一
How to describe the sound of bolowing a whistle in English? For traditional chinese, it's 嗶一一
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- English (US)
Depending on the pitch of the whistle, it can be described in many ways. Most of the time, the word itself (whistle) is used as an onomatopoeia. There are others, but for most cases, "whistle" will suffice.
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
I also saw beep on some pages, is it for whistle too?
- English (US)
Yes, that can also be used for a whistle noise.
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If I had to, I would use "peep". You can just say something like "the whistle sounded".
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