тс-с-с

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ssː]

Interjection

тс-с-с • (ts-s-s)

1. psst! (listen to this!)
2. shhh!, shh! (quiet!)

Usage notes

Not used in https://web.archive.org/web/20161229231931/http://www.ruscorpora.ru/search-para-en.html, unlike other variants:

• тсс (tss) - 37 hits
• тссс (tsss) - 4 hits

See also

• ст (st)!
• цыц (cyc)!
• ш-ш-ш (š-š-š)!
• ша (ša)!