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The character 叭 is a phono-semantic compound: the mouth radical 口 on the left indicates its connection to sound or vocalization, while the component 八 on the right provides its phonetic value. It is primarily onomatopoeic, created to represent a sharp cracking or popping noise. Due to this association with sound, it became closely linked to instruments and devices that produce loud noises, most commonly seen in the word "喇叭" (lǎba), meaning trumpet, horn, or loudspeaker. The character rarely stands alone with deep conceptual meaning; instead, it functions as a building block for phoneticizing specific acoustic phenomena and naming the objects that create such sounds.
Example Sentences Hide
他按了一下喇叭。
外面传来了叭叭的喇叭声。
喇叭叭叭响，吵得人心烦。
爆竹叭的一声在空中炸开。
树枝被踩断，发出叭的脆响。
他叭嗒一声把书扔在了桌子上。
指挥家小手一抬，乐队便叭一个音符齐奏。
寂静中叭的一声脆响，像是瓷器碎裂的声音。