噼 (pī) — (onomatopoeia) cracking, slapping, clapping, clattering sound; often used in 噼啪 and 噼里啪啦; (noun, chiefly Cantonese, informal) child's buttocks
Definition
Onomatopoeia used only in reduplicated compounds like 噼啪 and 噼里啪啦 to imitate sharp cracking or clacking sounds. It is not a stand-alone word.
onomatopoeia
crackingslappingclappingclattering soundoften used in 噼啪 and 噼里啪啦
bound form
(noun, chiefly Cantonese, informal) child's buttocks
Easily confused
- 僻pìlook-alikesecluded, remote, out of the way (bound form, used in compounds)
- 批pīsound-alike(classifier) for batches, groups, lots
- 批pīsound-aliketo approve (a document, application, etc.)
- 披pīsound-aliketo drape over one’s shoulders; to put on (as a cloak or scarf)
- 劈pīsound-aliketo split, to chop, to hack
- 铍pīsound-alikeberyllium (chemical element Be)
Examples
- 噼。Wài miàn chuán lái pī li pā lā de biān pào shēng.From outside came the crackling sound of firecrackers.
- ，。pī Pā yī shēng, shù zhī bèi zhé duàn le.With a crack, the branch snapped off.
- 噼。Tā dǎ zì dǎ dé pī li pā lā zhí xiǎng.He typed so fast that it went click-clack constantly.
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