乒

乒	U+4E52, 乒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E52

Translingual

Han character

乒 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一竹 (OMH), four-corner 7220₁, composition ⿱丘丿)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 83, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 145
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 3
Unihan data for U+4E52

Chinese

simp. and trad.		乒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīng (ping¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ / ping¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phin / phîn

(Meixian, Guangdong): bin¹ / pin¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ping¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phin / phín / pheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹ / bêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ping
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing¹
  - Yale: pīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ping
  - Palladius: пин (pin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bing¹ / ping¹
  - Yale: bīng / pīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ / ping¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ / ping¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phin / phîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: pin / pin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pin⁴ / pin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰin⁵⁵/, /pʰin²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bin¹ / pin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pin⁴⁴/, /pʰin⁴⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ping¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phin
  - Tâi-lô: phin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phyn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín
  - Tâi-lô: phín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phien
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pheng
  - Tâi-lô: phing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ³³/

Note: phin/phín/pheng - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bing¹ / bêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping / peng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/, /peŋ³³/

Note: bêng1 - Jieyang.

Definitions

乒

(onomatopoeia) ping!
Short for 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú, “ping pong; table tennis”).

Compounds

乒乓 (pīngpāng)
乒乒乓乓 (pīngpīngpāngpāng)
乒乓外交 (pīngpāng wàijiāo)
乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)
乒壇／乒坛 (pīngtán)
乒賽／乒赛 (pīngsài)

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “乒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

乒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Kan’yō-on: へい (hei)