pēng
interjection #5,221

Meanings

  1. 1 bang; boom
  2. 2 sound of a loud impact or explosion

Examples

HSK 5
Pēng de yī shēng, mén guānshang le.
Bang - the door slammed shut.
HSK 5
Pēng! Qiāng xiǎng le.
Bang! The gun went off.

Tips

grammar
is often used with 的一声 to describe a sudden loud sound: 砰的一声 = 'with a bang.'

Components

radical
shí
stone; rock
Left stone radical (Kangxi #112) - the indexing radical, depicting a rocky outcrop under a cliff overhang. Anchors in the impact family: the heavy thud of stone striking is the sound the character imitates (a bang, a crash, a slam - 砰的一声 with a bang). Same radical groups (shatter), (smash), (chop), (break).
phonetic
píng
flat; level
Right phonetic (píng) - supplies the sound directly without major shift. Same phonetic in (píng review), (píng apple), (píng duckweed), (píng level ground). Pure phonetic here - no flatness in the bang sound. Recognising on the right cues a píng reading.

Stroke Order

pēng