叭 (bā) — (onomatopoeia) bang; pop; crack (as of gunfire, a slap, or a bursting object)
Definition
A sharp onomatopoeia for a sudden bang or pop — gunfire, a slap, or something bursting. Always reduplicates as 叭的一声, never stands alone.
onomatopoeia
bangpopcrack (as of gunfire, a slap, or a bursting object)
Easily confused
- 扒bālook-aliketo peel, to skin (remove the outer covering)
- 八bāsound-alikeeight
- 趴pālook-aliketo lie on one's stomach or to lean forward with one's upper body resting on something (e.g., a table, bed, floor)
- 巴bāsound-alike(bound form) to cling to, to long for, to wish
- 疤bāsound-alikescar (permanent mark on skin or surface)
- 芭bāsound-alike(bound morpheme) used in 芭蕉 and in transliterations
Examples
- “叭”。Yuǎn chù chuán lái "bā" de yī shēng qiāng xiǎng.From afar came the bang of a gunshot.
- 叭。Tā bā de yī shēng bǎ shū shuāi zài zhuō shàng.He slapped the book down on the table with a crack.
- 叭。Qì qiú bā de yī shēng pò le.The balloon burst with a pop.
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