pēng
interjection #5,221

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

grammar
is often used with (de yī shēng) to describe a sudden loud sound: = '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 — 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