乓 meaning and stroke order
Used with ping for ping pong
How to write 乓, stroke by stroke
6 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 乓
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (onom.) bang
How 乓 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A ball bouncing back and forth; compare 乒.
Radical: 丿 (slash), shared by 19 characters on this site.
How to remember 乓
乓 (pāng) looks like 丘 with an extra dot at the bottom right. Its partner 乒 (pīng) has the dot on the left, so picture a ping pong ball bouncing from one side of the table to the other.
乓 almost never appears alone. It is used in 乒乓 (pīngpāng), a sound word for clattering, and most often in 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú), table tennis. Example: 我们去打乒乓球吧。(Wǒmen qù dǎ pīngpāngqiú ba.) Let's go play table tennis.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 乒 and 乓. In 乓 the final stroke is a dot slanting to the right, while 乒 ends with a stroke slanting to the left. Remember that 乒 (pīng) always comes first in the word, so the left-slanting one comes first.
Common words with 乓
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
乓 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 乓
How many strokes are in 乓?
乓 is written with 6 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 乓 mean?
乓 (pāng) means used with ping for ping pong. A common word with it is 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú), meaning "table tennis; ping-pong".
How do you pronounce 乓?
乓 is pronounced pāng, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 乓?
The radical of 乓 is 丿, which carries the idea of "slash". Dictionaries list 乓 under this radical.
Is 乓 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 乓 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is 乓 pronounced the same as 胖 (pàng)?
No. 乓 is first tone, pāng, high and flat. 胖 (pàng, fat) is fourth tone and falling, so keep the tone level when you say 乒乓球.
Which verb do you use with 乒乓球?
Use 打 (dǎ), as in 打乒乓球 (dǎ pīngpāngqiú), to play table tennis. The same verb is used for many ball games, such as 打篮球 (dǎ lánqiú), to play basketball.