乒乓

Chinese

		bing (onomat.)	bang (onomat.)
simp. and trad. (乒乓)		乒	乓

Glyph origin

Graphical manipulations on 兵 (bīng, “soldier”).

Etymology

A similar-sounding onomatopoeia to the source character 兵 (bīng, “soldier”). First attested in Ming Dynasty and referred to the sound of collisions (for example, in Journey to the West). Later used as a translation of English ping pong.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīngpāng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥㄆㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ bam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phîn-phóng
Min Dong (BUC): pĭng-pŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phin-phong / phín-phóng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹ bong⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): phin phan (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pīngpāng → pīngpang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥㄆㄤ → ㄆㄧㄥ ˙ㄆㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ping.pang
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ bam¹
  - Yale: bīng bām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ bam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phîn-phóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pin´ pong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pin¹ pong³
  - IPA: /pʰin²⁴ pʰoŋ³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pĭng-pŏng
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)mouŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phin-phong
  - Tâi-lô: phin-phong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phinphofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin³³ pʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín-phóng
  - Tâi-lô: phín-phóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phynphorng
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bing¹ bong⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping pông
  - IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³⁻²³ poŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: phin phan (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɪɲ⁵⁵ pʰã²¹/

Noun

乒乓

(onomatopoeia) Sound of collision; the sound made from the impact of an object.
- 忽擡頭，只見方丈門外有一個石獅子，卻就舉起棍來，乒乓一下，打得粉亂麻碎。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  忽抬头，只见方丈门外有一个石狮子，却就举起棍来，乒乓一下，打得粉乱麻碎。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Hū táitóu, zhǐ jiàn fāngzhàng ménwài yǒu yīge shíshīzǐ, què jiù jǔqǐ gùn lái, pīngpāng yīxià, dǎ de fěnluànmásuì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(～球) table tennis; ping pong

Derived terms

乒乒乓乓 (pīngpīngpāngpāng)
乒乓外交 (pīngpāng wàijiāo)
乒乓外交 (pīngpāng wàijiāo)

乒乓泅
乒乓波
乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)

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