砰砰 (pēng pēng) — (onomatopoeia) bang bang; pounding sound

Definition

Onomatopoeia for a repeated sharp banging or pounding (knocking, gunshots, a pounding heart). Usually reduplicated in Chinese rather than used alone.

onomatopoeia
bang bangpounding sound
Easily confused

Examples

  • 砰砰。
    Wài miàn chuán lái pēng pēng de qiāo mén shēng.
    The sound of banging on the door came from outside.
  • 砰砰。
    Tā xià dé xīn pēng pēng zhí tiào.
    He was so scared that his heart went pounding.
  • 砰砰，。
    pēng pēng Liǎng shēng qiāng xiǎng hòu, yí qiè ān jìng le.
    After two bang bang gunshots, everything went quiet.

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.

砰pēngbang
砰pēngbang

The sound 砰, said twice, suggests repeated bangs.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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