How to write 呷

呷 [xiā] 1. To drink in small sips. 例: 呷了一口茶。 (Example: Took a sip of tea.) 呷 [xiā] 1. The original meaning: drink in small sips. 【造字法】: Phonetic-ideographic character combined from mouth (口) and the sound "jiā" (甲). 引用: 明·袁宏道《满井游记》：呷浪之鳞 (Ming period, Yuan Hongdao's "Travelogue of the Full Well": "Gulping the scales of the waves"). 水浒传: 自也吃了些鱼，呷了几口汤汁。 (Water Margin: Also ate some fish and sipped a few spoonfuls of soup.) 呷 [gā] 1. The quacking sound of a duck ([En.] quack). 2. Laughter ([En.] ha-ha). 例: 如:呷呷 (Example: such as "gā gā"). 引用: 元·关汉卿《鲁斋郎》：采樵人鼓掌呷呷笑。 (Yuan period, Guan Hanqing’s "The Woodcutter": “The woodcutter clapped, laughing in a 'gā gā' sound.”) Verb: To drink, to sip. 【Example Phrase】: 呷茶 (sip tea). 宋·郑震〈饮马长城窟〉诗: “朝呷一口水，暮破千重关。” (Song Dynasty, Zheng Zhen's poem "Drinking Water at the Great Wall": "In the morning, sipping a mouthful of water, breaking through a thousand barriers by evening.”) 《儒林外史．第二零回》: “勉强呷了两口汤，仍旧面朝床里睡下。” (From "The Scholars": “Reluctantly sipped a couple of spoonfuls of soup, then lay back down facing the bed.”)