paang1澎
Jyutpingpaang1
Yalepāang
Definition
The sound or crashing of waves.
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How it's used
This character is primarily used as an onomatopoeia to mimic the sudden, heavy impact of water or large objects. It is often doubled as 澎澎 to emphasize the continuous or rhythmic nature of the crashing sound. While it appears in literary descriptions of the sea, in spoken Cantonese it functions almost exclusively as a sound effect.
Examples
A crashing sound came from the seaside, it turned out to be waves hitting the rocks.
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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.
