bing1 bam1 kau4乒乓球
Jyutpingbing1 bam1 kau4
Yalebīng bām kàuh
Definition
Table tennis; ping-pong.
colloquialsports
How it's used
The name is onomatopoeic, derived from the sound of the ball hitting the paddle and the table. While it is a standard term, people often shorten it to just 波 when the context of playing sports is already clear. It is frequently associated with local community centers where tables are available for public use.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
Do you have time to play table tennis tomorrow?
He really likes playing table tennis and even joined the school team.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
