Chinese symbol for “rattle”
乒乓
pīng pāng
(onom.) rattle; clatter; (sports) ping-pong; table tennis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rattle is 乒乓 (pīng pāng), defined as: (onom.) rattle; clatter; (sports) ping-pong; table tennis.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rattle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乒乓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乒乓球 | pīng pāng qiú | table tennis; ping-pong |
| 乒坛 (乒壇) | pīng tán | the table tennis world; table tennis circles |
| 乒乓球台 (乒乓球檯) | pīng pāng qiú tái | table-tennis table |
| 乒乓球拍 | pīng pāng qiú pāi | ping-pong paddle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rattle”.
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.