梆 (bāng) — (onomatopoeia) rat-a-tat; sound of knocking or beating

Definition

梆 (bāng) is an onomatopoeia for a sharp, hollow knocking or drumming sound — the 'rat-a-tat' of a fist on a door or a stick on a drum. It usually appears as 梆梆地 + verb, mimicking the repeated beats.

onomatopoeia
rat-a-tatsound of knocking or beating
Easily confused

Examples

  • 梆。
    Tā bāng dì qiāo le jǐ xià mén.
    He knocked on the door a few times with a rat-a-tat.
  • 梆。
    Qiáng shàng chuán lái bāng de shēng yīn.
    A rat-a-tat sound came from the wall.
  • 梆。
    Gǔ shǒu bāng dì dǎ zhe gǔ.
    The drummer beat the drum with a rat-a-tat.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
邦
邦bāng梆bāng
Same sound today

梆 pairs 木 (wood) with 邦, which supplies the sound bāng.

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