乒

乒 U+4E52, 乒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E52 ← 乑 [U+4E51] CJK Unified Ideographs 乓 → [U+4E53]

Translingual

Han character

乒 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一竹 (OMH), four-corner 7220₁, composition ⿱丘丿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 83, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 145
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E52

Chinese

simp. and trad.		乒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīng (ping¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ / ping¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phin / phîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bin¹ / pin¹

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ping¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phin / phín / pheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹ / bêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ping
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing¹
    • Yale: pīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ping
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: bing¹ / ping¹
    • Yale: bīng / pīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ / ping¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ / ping¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phin / phîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin / pin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin⁴ / pin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin⁵⁵/, /pʰin²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bin¹ / pin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin⁴⁴/, /pʰin⁴⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ping¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ping
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ping¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phin
    • Tâi-lô: phin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín
    • Tâi-lô: phín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phien
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pheng
    • Tâi-lô: phing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ³³/

Note: phin/phín/pheng - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing¹ / bêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping / peng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/, /peŋ³³/

Note: bêng1 - Jieyang.

Definitions

乒

1. (onomatopoeia) ping!
2. short for 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú, “ping pong; table tennis”)

Compounds

• 乒乓 (pīngpāng)
• 乒乒乓乓 (pīngpīngpāngpāng)
• 乒乓外交 (pīngpāng wàijiāo)
• 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)
• 乒壇 / 乒坛 (pīngtán)
• 乒賽 / 乒赛 (pīngsài)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “乒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

乒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Kan’yō-on: へい (hei)