About
The character "乒" emerged from linguistic mimicry, designed to replicate the sharp sound of an impact, and it is inherently linked to its counterpart "乓" in forming the bimorphemic word "乒乓" that echoes the repetitive sounds of a ball game. Structurally, it is a truncated adaptation of the character "兵", which denotes a soldier or military affairs, achieved by removing the lower right stroke to create a distinct graphic entity that suggests its phonetic purpose rather than inheriting the semantic content of its progenitor. While "兵" has maintained its original meaning across centuries, "乒" possesses no standalone definition and exists solely as a phonetic symbol, initially capturing auditory qualities before becoming permanently lexicalized in modern usage through the term "乒乓球" for table tennis, thereby cementing its functional evolution from sound symbolism to a fixed component of a specific sports vocabulary.
Example Sentences Hide
他在打乒乓球。
乒乓球很好玩。
我买了一个乒乓球。
乒乓球拍很便宜。
他乒乓球打得很好。
厨房里乒乒乓乓地响。
乒乓球是一项奥林匹克运动。
如果你喜欢乒乓球，我们可以一起练习。