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The character 嗷 is an onomatopoeic word for loud, sustained sounds like wailing, howling, or the distressed cries of people and animals. As a phono-semantic compound, its semantic radical 口 (mouth) on the left connects it to vocalization, while the phonetic component 敖 on the right provides the pronunciation 'áo'. It frequently appears in reduplicated form as 嗷嗷, vividly conveying continuous lamentation, intense hunger, or collective suffering, consistently evoking desperate or mournful cries.
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小狗嗷嗷叫。
婴儿嗷嗷地哭。
狼在夜里嗷嗷叫。
他疼得嗷嗷直叫。
小猫饿了就嗷嗷叫。
观众们嗷嗷地为球队加油。
寒风中的乌鸦嗷嗷地哀鸣。
听到这个消息，他激动得嗷嗷大叫。