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噼里啪啦

pī li pā lā

4-character word

What 噼里啪啦 means

1. onomatopoeiacrackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause

The characters in 噼里啪啦

• 噼pīchild's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 啪pā(onomatopoeia) bang; pop; pow
• 啦lā(onomatopoeia) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat

Sounds the same

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

• 批哩啪啦variant of 噼里啪啦
• 劈哩啪啦variant of 噼里啪啦
• 劈里啪啦variant of 噼里啪啦

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