What are onomatopoeia in Chinese?

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Jan 28913 read
For ex. the ping pong game?
You can explain it in chinese too, however please add the pinyin, thanks in advance.
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some Chinese words were created by its sound, like
pī lǐ pā lā
噼 里 啪 啦
huá lā lā
哗 啦 啦
1ReplyJan 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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