乒乓
Meanings
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- 1.(onom.) rattle
- 2.clatter
- 3.(sports) ping-pong
- 4.table tennis
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Wiktionary
- 1.Sound of collision; the sound made from the impact of an object.
- 2.table tennis; ping pong
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Etymology
Graphical manipulations on 兵 (bīng, “soldier”). A similar-sounding onomatopoeia to the source character 兵 (bīng, “soldier”). First attested in the Ming Dynasty, referring to the sound of collisions (for example, in 西遊記／西游记 (Xīyóujì, “Journey to the West”)). Later used as a translation of English ping pong.
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