乓乓 (pāng pāng) — (onomatopoeia) bang bang; sound of a loud impact or repeated bangs

Definition

Onomatopoeia imitating a loud, sharp impact — a single bang or repeated bangs (doors slamming, balloons popping, fists on a table). Functions like an adverb or adjective, often reduplicated or paired with 声/的.

onomatopoeia
bang bangsound of a loud impact or repeated bangs
Easily confused

Examples

  • 乓乓。
    Wài miàn chuán lái pāng pāng de qiāo mén shēng.
    The sound of someone banging on the door came from outside.
  • 乓乓。
    Qì qiú tū rán pāng pāng yī shēng bào zhà le.
    The balloon suddenly exploded with a bang.
  • 乓乓。
    Tā yòng lì pāng pāng dì pāi zhe zhuō zi.
    He forcefully pounded the table with a bang.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

乓pāngbang
乓pāngbang

The sound 乓 is doubled to imitate successive loud bangs.

Characters in this word

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