A little blurb of prose-poetry. 

<h3>And 浪花 [pinyin]lang4 hua1[/pinyin] is what, exactly?</h3>
Thing is, we don't really have a succinct word in English for 浪花. The word means "sea foam of breaking waves", the white, fluffy, toe-tickling stuff that washes up on the beach. We have "sea foam", we have "breaking waves", we have "wave crests", but nothing quite as specific as 浪花. It matters, somehow. 

<h3>Chinese onomatopoeia: Swishing around with 哗 [pinyin]hua1[/pinyin]</h3>
In China, dogs go 汪汪 [pinyin]wang1 wang1[/pinyin], cats go 咪咪 [pinyin]mi1 mi1[/pinyin] and sea foam, we are led to believe, goes 哗哗哗 [pinyin]hua1 hua1 hua1[/pinyin]. Whisper it, it'll make more sense. 

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1) 我坐在沙滩上玩耍。浪花看见了，迈着轻轻的步子走来，悄悄地瘙痒了我的小脚丫。笑得我眼泪都流出来了，它才哗哗地笑着跑回家。

2) 一会儿，浪花又唱着笑着跑来了。这次它给我捧来了雪白的贝壳，青青的小虾。

3) 哗哗哗，浪花跑去又跑来，像一群淘气的娃娃。

See the <a href="http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml" target="_blank">source</a>.

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1) I sat on the beach and played. I saw the sea foam, walking forward with soft steps, quietly tickling the creases of my toes. Smiling, my tears rolled down, until at last with a swish it ran home.  

2) After some time, the foam once again ran forward singing and laughing. This time it brought to me snow-white seashells, and little green shrimp.

3) Swish swish swish, the sea foam runs away and back again, like a gaggle of naughty children. 

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