噼噼啪啪 (pī pī pā pā) — (onomatopoeia) crackling, popping, snapping sound

Definition

A reduplicated onomatopoeia for sharp, repeated crackling or popping sounds — firecrackers, a campfire, twigs snapping underfoot. The doubled syllables (AA-BB) build rhythmic, continuous sound; the final particle 响 is common: 噼噼啪啪响.

onomatopoeia
cracklingpoppingsnapping sound

Examples

  • 噼噼啪啪。
    Wài miàn chuán lái pī pī pā pā de biān pào shēng.
    From outside came the crackling sound of firecrackers.
  • 噼噼啪啪。
    Huǒ duī shāo dé pī pī pā pā xiǎng.
    The campfire was burning with a crackling sound.
  • ，噼噼啪啪。
    Tā cǎi zài gān shù zhī shàng, jiǎo xià pī pī pā pā zuò xiǎng.
    He stepped on dry twigs, and they snapped under his feet.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
拟声nǐshēngOnomatopoeia

The characters imitate a sound; their individual meanings play no part.

噼pī
噼pī
啪pā
啪pā

The characters do not carry independent meaning; together they spell a crackling, popping sound.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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