pitter-patter
pattering
What constantly recurs to me is "The rain patters, the leaf quivers."[1]
A curtain of cloud underspread the sky and a few drops of rain fell audibly.

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Open the tool →淅沥 (xī lì) means “pitter-patter, pattering”.
淅沥 is pronounced xī lì in Mandarin Chinese.
“pitter-patter” is 淅沥 (xī lì) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 淅沥, each with pinyin and an English translation.