乒乒乓乓

Chinese

FWOTD – 6 December 2014

		bing (onomat.)	bing (onomat.)	bang (onomat.)	bang (onomat.)
simp. and trad. (乒乒乓乓)		乒	乒	乓	乓

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 乒乓 (pīngpāng). First attested in the Ming Dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīngpīngpāngpāng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥㄆㄧㄥㄆㄤㄆㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ bing¹ bam¹ bam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pīngpīngpāngpāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥㄆㄧㄥㄆㄤㄆㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pingpingpangpang
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ bing¹ bam¹ bam¹
  - Yale: bīng bīng bām bām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ bing¹ bam¹ bam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bing¹ bem¹ bem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐm⁵⁵ pɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

乒乒乓乓

Onomatopoeia for the sound of sudden consecutive collisions, e.g. gun shots, door pounding, child running around, ping pong ball match.
- 值此天寒地凍之時，戰爭依然沒有消停，雙方依舊乒乒乓乓，爆炸聲此起彼伏，不絕於耳！ [MSC, trad.]
  值此天寒地冻之时，战争依然没有消停，双方依旧乒乒乓乓，爆炸声此起彼伏，不绝于耳！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014, 进一退二俄罗斯摆脱乌克兰危机的绝佳招法
  Zhí cǐ tiānhándìdòng zhī shí, zhànzhēng yīrán méiyǒu xiāotíng, shuāngfāng yījiù pīngpīngpāngpāng, bàozhàshēng cǐqǐbǐfú, bùjuéyú'ěr! [Pinyin]
  At this time, when the weather is cold and ground is frozen, the war still has not ceased. The two sides are still banging away at each other; sounds of explosion are heard one after another, never stopping in the ears.

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