# 啪

| 啪 | U+556A, &#21866; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-556A |
| ← 啩 [U+5569] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 啫 → [U+556B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

啪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹日 (RQHA), four-corner 6600$_0$, composition ⿰口拍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 636, character 4
* Unihan data for U+556A

## Chinese
### Etymology
#### (Cantonese) to take (a medicine or drug)

    See 啪針／啪针 (paak$^1$ zam$^1$).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pā, piā (pa$^1$, pia$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ, ㄆㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paak$^1$ / paa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pā
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pa
*** Wade–Giles: pʻa$^1$
*** Yale: pā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
*** Palladius: па (pa)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piā
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pia
*** Wade–Giles: pʻia$^1$
*** Yale: pyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pia
*** Palladius: пя (pja)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paak$^1$ / paa$^1$
*** Yale: pāak / pā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paak$^7$ / paa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pag$^1$ / pa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːk̚⁵/, /pʰaː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

啪
* (onomatopoeia) pop; pow
* (neologism, slang) Synonym of 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā, “to have sex”)
* (Cantonese) to take (a medicine or drug)
    啪嘢 [Cantonese] ― paak$^1$ je$^5$ [Jyutping] ― (euphemistic) to take drugs
       paak$^1$ zo$^2$ lap$^1$ zi$^2$ tung$^3$ joek$^6$ [Jyutping]
       to have taken a painkiller
* (Cantonese) to eat quickly
    啪隻蕉／啪只蕉 [Cantonese] ― paak$^1$ zek$^3$ ziu$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to eat a banana
* (Cantonese) to break apart something in a snappy manner
    啪開／啪开 [Cantonese] ― paak$^1$ hoi$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to snap open (a mechanism which snaps apart)
    啪斷／啪断 [Cantonese] ― paak$^1$ tyun$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to snap into two pieces (usually something narrow and thin)
* (Cantonese) to make a snapping sound
    啪手指 [Cantonese] ― paak$^1$ sau$^2$ zi$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to crack one's finger or knuckles

#### Compounds

* 劈劈啪啪
* 劈啪 (pīpā)
* 劈里啪啦
* 啪丸
* 啪啦 (pālā)
* 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā)
* 啪嗒
* 啪嘢
* 啪嚓
* 啪針／啪针

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^1$
*** Yale: bāak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

啪
* (Cantonese, slang) to execute by firing squad

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 槍斃, 槍決 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 槍斃, 斃, 崩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 槍斃 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 槍崩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 槍崩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 槍崩, 吃黑棗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 槍斃, 槍癟, 槍崩, 斃, 癟, 崩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 槍斃 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 槍斃 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 槍斃, 斃, 崩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 槍斃, 叫炮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 槍斃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 槍斃, 崩, 教炮 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 槍斃, 槍決 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 槍斃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 槍斃, 崩, 敲, 斃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 槍崩, 槍排, 槍斃, 崩, 排 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 槍斃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 槍斃, 斃, 崩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 槍斃, 敲沙罐兒, 敲沙罐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 槍斃, 扣, 崩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 槍斃, 敲沙罐, 毃沙罐, 捱炮眼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 槍斃, 崩掉, 辦掉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 槍斃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 槍斃, 打靶, 打背 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 槍斃, 吃蓮蓬子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 槍斃, 斃, 銃 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 槍斃 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打靶, 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打靶, 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 辣窿 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 打靶, 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 槍斃, 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 打靶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 槍斃 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 槍斃, 咬草 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 槍斃 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 槍斃 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 槍斃 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打靶, 打靶仔, 槍決, 槍斃 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 打靶, 槍斃 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 槍斃 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 槍斃, 打, 斃 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 槍斃 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 打靶 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 銃殺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 銃殺 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 銃殺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 銃殺 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銃殺 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 槍斃 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 槍斃 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 槍斃 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 槍崩, 崩 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 槍崩, 崩 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 槍崩 |
| Jin | Linhe | 槍崩, 槍斃 |
| Jin | Jining | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 槍崩, 槍斃, 崩 |
| Jin | Baotou | 槍斃 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 槍崩 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 槍決 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 槍斃, 槍崩 |
| Jin | Handan | 槍斃, 崩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦炮, 槍斃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 槍斃, 拍銃 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍銃, 銃決, 決, 銃斃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拍銃, 決, 銃斃 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 拍銃 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 拍銃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拍銃, 扢響, 扢穿, 鑽穿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 銃殺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍銃 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 槍斃, 拍靶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 拍靶, 彈 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 拍靶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 拍靶 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 槍命 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 拍靶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 拍靶 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 槍斃 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 槍斃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 槍斃 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 槍斃 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 槍斃 |
| Wu | Danyang | 槍斃 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 槍斃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 槍斃, 斃 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 槍斃 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 槍斃 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 槍斃, 打 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 槍斃 |

### References

* “啪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–