Chinese symbol for “pow”
啪
pā
(onom.) bang; pop; pow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pow is 啪 (pā), defined as: (onom.) bang; pop; pow.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 啪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 噼里啪啦 | pī li pā lā | (onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause |
| 噼啪 | pī pā | variant of 劈啪 (pī pā) |
| 劈啪 | pī pā | (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc |
| 啪嚓 | pā chā | (onom.) (sound of sth smashing as it hits the ground); (onom.) (sound made by a camera shutter) |
| 劈里啪啦 | pī li pā lā | variant of 噼里啪啦 (pī li pā lā) |
| 劈哩啪啦 | pī li pā lā | variant of 噼里啪啦 (pī li pā lā) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.