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U+556A, 啪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-556A

[U+5569]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+556B]

Translingual

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Han character

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

References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.

Etymology

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(Cantonese) to take (a medicine or drug)
See 啪針啪针 (paak1 zam1).

Pronunciation 1

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Definitions

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  1. (onomatopoeia) pop; pow
  2. (neologism, slang) Synonym of 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā, to have sex)
  3. (Cantonese) to take (a medicine or drug)
    [Cantonese]  ―  paak1 je5 [Jyutping]  ―  (euphemistic) to take drugs
    止痛藥 [Cantonese, trad.]
    止痛药 [Cantonese, simp.]
    paak1 zo2 lap1 zi2 tung3 joek6 [Jyutping]
    to have taken a painkiller
  4. (Cantonese) to eat quickly
    [Cantonese]  ―  paak1 zek3 ziu1 [Jyutping]  ―  to eat a banana
  5. (Cantonese) to break apart something in a snappy manner
    [Cantonese]  ―  paak1 hoi1 [Jyutping]  ―  to snap open (a mechanism which snaps apart)
    [Cantonese]  ―  paak1 tyun2 [Jyutping]  ―  to snap into two pieces (usually something narrow and thin)
  6. (Cantonese) to make a snapping sound
    手指 [Cantonese]  ―  paak1 sau2 zi2 [Jyutping]  ―  to crack one's finger or knuckles

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

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