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嘭嘭 (pēng pēng) — (onomatopoeia) bang bang, pop pop, sound of a loud impact or explosion

Definition

Onomatopoeia for a sharp, loud impact — a door slamming, a balloon bursting, firecrackers. Reduplicated; used in writing and storytelling to mimic the sound.

onomatopoeia
bang bang, pop pop, sound of a loud impact or explosion

Examples

  • 嘭嘭！。
    pēng pēng! Mén bèi fēng chuī dé guān shàng le.
    Bang bang! The door slammed shut from the wind.
  • 嘭嘭。
    Qì qiú pēng pēng liǎng shēng jiù bào le.
    The balloon went pop pop twice and burst.
  • 嘭嘭，。
    Wài miàn chuán lái pēng pēng de xiǎng shēng, xiàng yǒu rén zài fàng biān pào.
    From outside came a bang bang sound, like someone setting off firecrackers.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
拟声nǐshēngOnomatopoeia

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

嘭pēng
嘭pēng

The repeated 嘭 imitates a bang; the characters have no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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