pī li pā lā

噼里啪啦 (pī li pā lā) is a Chinese word meaning “(onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause”.

Meanings

  1. 1(onom.) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause

Characters in 噼里啪啦

噼pī · child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese)里lǐ · lining啪pā · (onom.) bang啦lā · (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc

Related words

里lining里li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m里surname Li里variant of 裡|里[li3]这里here这里variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]那里there; that place那里there; that place哪里where?哪里where?啦(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc啦sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation

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