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怦

pēng

Character

What 怦 means

1. onomatopoeiathe thumping of one's heart

Words starting with 怦

• 怦怦pēng pēngthumping sound (onom.); to be eager and anxious (to do sth); faithful and upright
• 怦然心动pēng rán xīn dòng(idiom) to feel a rush of excitement
• 怦然pēng ránwith a sudden shock, bang etc

Words containing 怦

• 心怦怦跳xīn pēng pēng tiàoThe heart thumps wildly. (idiom)

Characters built on 平

These share the phonetic component 平 (píng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 砰pēng(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 抨pēngattack; impeach

Characters that look like 怦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拜bàito bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings…
• 坪pínga plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters…
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 忤wǔdisobedient; unfilial
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out

Sounds the same

Read pēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烹to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce…
• 砰(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 嘭(onomatopoeia) bang
• 抨attack; impeach
• 匉noise of waters
• 漰noise of dashing waves
• 閛the sound of opening or closing the door
• 䦕variant of 閛
• 硑old variant of 砰