啪

啪 U+556A, 啪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-556A ← 啩 [U+5569] CJK Unified Ideographs 啫 → [U+556B]

Translingual

Han character

啪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹日 (RQHA), four-corner 6600₀, composition ⿰口拍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 636, character 4
• Unihan data for U+556A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		啪

Etymology

(Cantonese) to take (a medicine or drug)

See 啪針／啪针 (paak¹ zam¹).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā, piā (pa¹, pia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ, ㄆㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak¹ / paa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pia
    • Wade–Giles: pʻia¹
    • Yale: pyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pia
    • Palladius: пя (pja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: paak¹ / paa¹
    • Yale: pāak / pā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁷ / paa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag¹ / pa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚⁵/, /pʰaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啪

1. (onomatopoeia) pop; pow
2. (neologism, slang) Synonym of 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā, “to have sex”)
3. (Cantonese) to take (a medicine or drug)

   啪嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  paak¹ je⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (euphemistic) to take drugs

   啪咗粒止痛藥 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啪咗粒止痛药 [Cantonese, simp.]

   paak¹ zo² lap¹ zi² tung³ joek⁶ [Jyutping]

   to have taken a painkiller

4. (Cantonese) to eat quickly

   啪隻蕉／啪只蕉 [Cantonese]  ―  paak¹ zek³ ziu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to eat a banana

5. (Cantonese) to break apart something in a snappy manner

   啪開／啪开 [Cantonese]  ―  paak¹ hoi¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to snap open (a mechanism which snaps apart)

   啪斷／啪断 [Cantonese]  ―  paak¹ tyun² [Jyutping]  ―  to snap into two pieces (usually something narrow and thin)

6. (Cantonese) to make a snapping sound

   啪手指 [Cantonese]  ―  paak¹ sau² zi² [Jyutping]  ―  to crack one's finger or knuckles

Compounds

• 劈劈啪啪
• 劈啪 (pīpā)
• 劈里啪啦
• 啪丸
• 啪啦 (pālā)
• 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā)
• 啪嗒
• 啪嘢
• 啪嚓
• 啪針／啪针

 

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak¹
    • Yale: bāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚⁵/

Definitions

啪

1. (Cantonese, slang) to execute by firing squad

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 槍斃 (“to execute by firing squad”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		槍斃, 槍決
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	槍斃, 斃, 崩
	Taiwan	槍斃
	Ulanhot	槍崩
	Tongliao	槍崩
	Chifeng	槍斃, 崩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	槍崩, 吃黑棗兒
	Harbin	槍斃, 槍癟, 槍崩, 斃, 癟, 崩
	Shenyang	槍斃, 崩
	Singapore	槍斃
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	槍斃
	Tangshan	槍斃, 崩
	Cangzhou	槍斃, 崩
	Baoding	槍斃, 崩
	Shijiazhuang	槍斃, 崩
	Jinan	槍斃, 斃, 崩
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	槍斃, 崩
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	槍斃, 叫炮
	Wanrong	槍斃
	Zhengzhou	槍斃, 崩, 教炮 Hui
	Xi'an	槍斃, 槍決
	Xining	槍斃
	Xuzhou	槍斃, 崩, 敲, 斃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	槍崩, 槍排, 槍斃, 崩, 排
	Bayanhot	槍斃
	Lanzhou	槍斃, 斃, 崩
	Ürümqi	槍斃, 崩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	槍斃, 敲沙罐兒, 敲沙罐
	Wuhan	槍斃, 扣, 崩
	Guiyang	槍斃, 敲沙罐, 毃沙罐, 捱炮眼
	Kunming	槍斃, 崩掉, 辦掉
	Guilin	槍斃
	Liuzhou	槍斃, 打靶, 打背
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	槍斃, 吃蓮蓬子
	Yangzhou	槍斃, 斃, 銃
	Nantong	槍斃
	Hefei	槍斃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打靶, 槍斃
	Hong Kong	打靶, 槍斃
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	打靶
	Macau	打靶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	打靶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	打靶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	打靶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	打靶
	Foshan	打靶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	打靶
	Foshan (Shunde)	打靶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	打靶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	打靶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	辣窿
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	打靶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	打靶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	打靶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	打靶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	打靶
	Taishan	打靶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	打靶
	Enping (Niujiang)	打靶
	Heshan (Yayao)	打靶
	Dongguan	打靶, 槍斃
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	打靶
	Shaoguan	打靶
	Yunfu	打靶
	Yangjiang	槍斃, 打靶
	Xinyi	槍斃
	Lianjiang	打靶
	Nanning	槍斃
	Wuzhou	槍斃
	Yulin	槍斃
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	槍斃, 咬草
Gan	Nanchang	槍斃
	Lichuan	槍斃
	Pingxiang	槍斃
Hakka	Meixian	打靶, 打靶仔, 槍決, 槍斃
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	打靶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	打靶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	打靶
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	打靶
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	打靶, 槍斃
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	打靶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	槍斃
	Yudu	槍斃, 打, 斃
	Ruijin	打靶
	Shicheng	槍斃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打靶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	銃殺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	銃殺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	銃殺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	銃殺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銃殺
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	槍斃
Huizhou	Jixi	槍斃
	Shexian	槍斃
Jin	Taiyuan	槍崩, 崩
	Xinzhou	槍崩, 崩
	Taibus (Baochang)	槍崩
	Linhe	槍崩, 槍斃
	Jining	槍斃, 崩
	Hohhot	槍崩, 槍斃, 崩
	Baotou	槍斃
	Dongsheng	槍崩
	Haibowan	槍決
	Zhangjiakou	槍斃, 槍崩
	Handan	槍斃, 崩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦炮, 槍斃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	槍斃, 拍銃
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍銃, 銃決, 決, 銃斃
	Quanzhou	拍銃, 決, 銃斃
	Jinjiang	拍銃
	Yongchun	拍銃
	Zhangzhou	拍銃, 扢響, 扢穿, 鑽穿
	Tainan	銃殺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍銃
	Shantou	槍斃, 拍靶
	Jieyang	拍靶, 彈
	Leizhou	拍靶
	Haikou	拍靶
Puxian Min	Putian	銃斃, 銃命
	Xianyou	銃斃
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拍靶
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	拍靶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	槍斃
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	槍斃
Wu	Shanghai	槍斃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	槍斃
	Suzhou	槍斃
	Danyang	槍斃
	Hangzhou	槍斃
	Wenzhou	槍斃, 斃
	Jinhua	槍斃
Xiang	Changsha	槍斃
	Loudi	槍斃, 打
	Quanzhou	槍斃

References

• “啪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–