砰

pēng
interjection #5,221

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Pēng de yī shēng, mén guānshang le.
Bang - the door slammed shut.
HSK 6
砰!枪响了。
Pēng! Qiāng xiǎng le.
Bang! The gun went off.

Tips

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

Components

radical
石 shí
stone; rock
Left stone radical (Kangxi #112) - the indexing radical, depicting a rocky outcrop under a cliff overhang. Anchors 砰 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 碎 (shatter), 砸 (smash), 砍 (chop), 破 (break).
phonetic
平 píng
flat; level
Right phonetic 平 (píng) - supplies the sound directly without major shift. Same phonetic in 评 (píng review), 苹 (píng apple), 萍 (píng duckweed), 坪 (píng level ground). Pure phonetic here - no flatness in the bang sound. Recognising 平 on the right cues a píng reading.

Stroke Order

砰 pēng