<p>低喝 here may be a shout but not aloud. 喝 is not only drink, but also shout. 低 here is about the voice</p>

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2015-12-22T04:42:26.900Z
2015-12-22T04:42:26.900Z
gcd0318
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  <p>低喝了一声</p>
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<p>I could not see how 喝 here means drink, so I tried to look further in my dictionary and it says:</p>

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  <p>The same as 嗬, which is an onomatopoeia</p>
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<p>Which kind of makes sense since I also found a similar expression: 哼了一声.</p>

<p>However the dictionary seems to give it a tone of surprise, but in that case what does it mean together with 低? Maybe I could translate the sentence as:</p>

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  <p>he made a small oh</p>
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2015-12-21T00:27:53.223Z
低声，low voice, whisper, mutter, iciba:喝 [hè]

（大声喊叫） shout loudly

give a loud shout

大喝一声

shout a question to

喝问.
声：verbal measure word,user suggestion: gave a low shout
user6065
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2015-12-21T11:04:32.287Z
@user6065 interesting, at the beginning I also thought about "shout", however it was difficult to imagine what is a small shout, so I began thinking about other hypothesis.anyway It makes sense now, thank you
Lex
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2015-12-21T13:09:22.417Z
@Lex I think you're on the right track, baidu has many results for 低喝一声 which in context would mean "to cry out softly" as if you were dismayed or surprised but because you were in a dangerous situation you had to control your volume.
tao
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What does 低喝了一声 mean?
# What does 低喝了一声 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-20)

> 低喝了一声

I could not see how 喝 here means drink, so I tried to look further in my dictionary and it says:

> The same as 嗬, which is an onomatopoeia

Which kind of makes sense since I also found a similar expression: 哼了一声.

However the dictionary seems to give it a tone of surprise, but in that case what does it mean together with 低? Maybe I could translate the sentence as:

> he made a small oh

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 低声，low voice, whisper, mutter, iciba:喝 [hè]  （大声喊叫） shout loudly  give a loud shout  大喝一声  shout a question to  喝问. 声：verbal measure word,user suggestion: gave a low shout  
> **username_0**: @user6065 interesting, at the beginning I also thought about "shout", however it was difficult to imagine what is a small shout, so I began thinking about other hypothesis.anyway It makes sense now, thank you  
> **username_2**: @Lex I think you're on the right track, baidu has many results for 低喝一声 which in context would mean "to cry out softly" as if you were dismayed or surprised but because you were in a dangerous situation you had to control your volume.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-12-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

低喝 here may be a shout but not aloud. 喝 is not only drink, but also shout. 低 here is about the voice


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