What are onomatopoeia in Chinese?

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Jan 28 • 923 read

For ex. the ping pong game?
You can explain it in chinese too, however please add the pinyin, thanks in advance.

Answer

some Chinese words were created by its sound, like
pī lǐ pā lā
噼里啪啦
huá lā lā
哗啦啦

1 • Reply • Jan 28

拟声词
ni sheng ci
Those are words that sould like the thing that they are describing. ping pong 乒乓 is a 拟声词 because when the ball hits something it soulds like ping and pong.

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