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噼啪

pī pā

2-character word

What 噼啪 means

1. variant of {劈啪|pī pā}

The characters in 噼啪

• 噼pīchild's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 啪pā(onomatopoeia) bang; pop; pow

Example sentences

• 水发出汩汩声，火发出噼啪声。
  Shuǐ fāchū gǔgǔ shēng, huǒ fāchū pīpā shēng.
  Water gurgles while fire crackles.

Sounds the same

Read pī pā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劈啪(onomatopoeia) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pī pā correctly.
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