<p>It's 象声词， which sounds funny to the most people from the northeast. Refer to this link for <a href="https://m.baidu.com/from=1086k/bd_page_type=1/ssid=0/uid=0/pu=usm%401%2Csz%40320_1002%2Cta%40iphone_2_7.0_2_7.3/baiduid=FF22DF561569F3860E45C40E2A747D99/w=0_10_/t=iphone/l=3/tc?ref=www_iphone&amp;lid=9536953789412652404&amp;order=1&amp;fm=alop&amp;tj=www_normal_1_0_10_title&amp;vit=osres&amp;m=8&amp;srd=1&amp;cltj=cloud_title&amp;asres=1&amp;nt=wnor&amp;title=%E5%B0%8F%E6%B2%88%E9%98%B3%E5%8F%A3%E5%A4%B4%E7%A6%85%E6%88%90%E4%BB%8A%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E7%83%AD%E8%AF%8D%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%B9%E5%86%8D%E9%80%A0%E5%AD%97(%E5%9B%BE)_%E5%A8%B1%E4%B9%90...&amp;dict=32&amp;wd=&amp;eqid=845a10f14941b800100000005afd1f12&amp;w_qd=IlPT2AEptyoA_yk5z35byQi6F6ZUmIYnuVYYcPnTtBu&amp;tcplug=1&amp;sec=29838&amp;di=e91d8fcc32b1e5b8&amp;bdenc=1&amp;tch=124.0.286.193.0.0&amp;nsrc=IlPT2AEptyoA_yixCFOxXnANedT62v3IIxiJ_yVS2zSt95qshbWxBd6eXTv6NWyJZpPPuW3HfsFUbiCu0VByj2YKh4A0sWkf9l0ddenq6RO_CBZbeAFiPgTxGGwryPjzk_&amp;clk_info=%7B%22srcid%22%3A1599%2C%22tplname%22%3A%22www_normal%22%2C%22t%22%3A1526538017957%2C%22xpath%22%3A%22div-a-h3%22%7D&amp;sfOpen=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pia</a>. Bia is often used to take the same effect I think. Ex. Bia ji, bia ji. == Pia ji pia ji. Those are very interesting 象声词, and never seen them being written out. But gua ji gua ji could be written as 呱唧呱唧 I think, meaning 鼓掌 clapping. </p>

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<p>The joke was about throwing firecracker</p>

<p>The term "噼里啪啦" is used to mimic sound of a string of firecrackers explodes</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%99%BC%E9%87%8C%E5%95%AA%E5%95%A6/1623777" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%99%BC%E9%87%8C%E5%95%AA%E5%95%A6/1623777</a> </p>
  
  <p><em>例句:</em></p>
  
  <p><em>过年了，外面鞭炮声<strong>噼里啪啦</strong>响个不停</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>You might had heard "啪" (Pā) there  (he was making a sound effect of  a single firecracker explodes, Therefore, he didn't say "噼里啪啦" but just "啪") </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"往地一摔, '啪' (一声地), 响了"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Another character 嘭 (Pēng) can also be used for mimicking the sound of firecracker. </p>

<p><em>Or there's no character at all. Anyway, it is just a noise that has no meaning on it's own</em></p>

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<p>Here are two characters that have the pronunciation <code>bia</code>:</p>
<p><a href="http://yedict.com/zscontent.asp?uni=28695" rel="nofollow noreferrer"></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>拼音bia4</p>
<p>㈠邑名。</p>
<p>㈡姓。</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://yedict.com/zscontent.asp?uni=20B2A" rel="nofollow noreferrer"></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>㈠bia4,上下相付。</p>
</blockquote>
<hr />
<p><a href="http://bbs.zdic.net/thread-198531-1-1.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">zdic</a> has a question that reads:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>从小有个朋友问我“bia”拼出来的汉字怎么写，我当时真懵了，不会啊！时间过去20年了，突然回想起这个拼音，有会写的么，请告知，谢谢了</p>
</blockquote>
<p>the last comment says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>8楼14楼是权威说法。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Number eight reads:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>pia、bia、diang，其实就是pa、ba、dang的变读。</p>
<p>方法是在声母与韵母间插入“i ” 。</p>
<p>例子太多了，就不列举了。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>and number fourteen says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>多以“吧”字代之。如吧叽，吧嗒。吧读bia.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>《哈尔滨方言词典》p. 110</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/T3aoo.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/T3aoo.png" alt="yup" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Simply lists all <code>bia</code>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>□</p>
</blockquote>
<p>but the same words from the zdic thread are written as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>吧叽</p>
</blockquote>
<p>and</p>
<blockquote>
<p>吧嗒</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Seemingly making <strong>吧</strong> an acceptable candidate.</p>
<hr />
<p>《北京方言词典》陈刚 商务印书馆 1985 p.17 confirms this assumption:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LVLlW.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LVLlW.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
</blockquote>

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墙都不扶, 就扶你. bia都能研究这么深.
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@Jacob Please upvote if you haven't then! :)
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@user3306356 . 厉害厉害，优秀！
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@WayneYang-MSFT Please upvote if you like it!
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@user3306356 . Really like it! I have upvoted it. :-)
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<p>In this video <a href="https://youtu.be/7xtbsifwLqQ?t=4m45s" rel="nofollow noreferrer">方清平《春节记事》单口相声笑侃春节趣闻轶事</a> there's a short part of a sentence at around ~4:46 where the speaker says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>往地一摔 bia响了</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The subtitles themselves leave out <code>bia</code> and just go for:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>往地一摔 响了</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I went through <a href="http://gongjushu.cnki.net/refbook/R201506105.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">北京话词典</a> but it just goes from:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://gongjushu.cnki.net/refbook/detail.aspx?db=crfd&amp;RECID=R2015061050000500" rel="nofollow noreferrer">避屈 bìqū</a> </li>
</ul>

<p>to</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://gongjushu.cnki.net/refbook/detail.aspx?db=crfd&amp;RECID=R2015061050000502" rel="nofollow noreferrer">边边儿沿沿儿 biānbiānryán yánr</a> </li>
</ul>

<p>In other dialects I've seen <code>bia</code> written: 扁、瘪 and .</p>

<p>I've seen 嘌 noted as "pia" it might be an option with the confusion of b/p.</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

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Perhaps there is no such character.
fefe
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As native Beijing'er, I believe it's 吧. When we see 吧 as in 吧唧 or 吧的一声 in words, we would naturally read aloud as bia1.
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What is the character `bia` in `bia响`?
# What is the character `bia` in `bia响`?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-17)

In this video [方清平《春节记事》单口相声笑侃春节趣闻轶事](https://youtu.be/7xtbsifwLqQ?t=4m45s) there's a short part of a sentence at around ~4:46 where the speaker says:

> 往地一摔 bia响了

The subtitles themselves leave out `bia` and just go for:

> 往地一摔 响了

I went through [北京话词典](http://gongjushu.cnki.net/refbook/R201506105.html) but it just goes from:

* [避屈 bìqū](http://gongjushu.cnki.net/refbook/detail.aspx?db=crfd&RECID=R2015061050000500)

to

* [边边儿沿沿儿 biānbiānryán yánr](http://gongjushu.cnki.net/refbook/detail.aspx?db=crfd&RECID=R2015061050000502)

In other dialects I've seen `bia` written: 扁、瘪 and .

I've seen 嘌 noted as "pia" it might be an option with the confusion of b/p.

Any ideas?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Perhaps there is no such character.  
> **username_2**: As native Beijing'er, I believe it's 吧. When we see 吧 as in 吧唧 or 吧的一声 in words, we would naturally read aloud as bia1.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-05-17. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Here are two characters that have the pronunciation `bia`:

> 拼音bia4
>
> ㈠邑名。
>
> ㈡姓。

> ㈠bia4,上下相付。

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[zdic](http://bbs.zdic.net/thread-198531-1-1.html) has a question that reads:

> 从小有个朋友问我“bia”拼出来的汉字怎么写，我当时真懵了，不会啊！时间过去20年了，突然回想起这个拼音，有会写的么，请告知，谢谢了

the last comment says:

> 8楼14楼是权威说法。

Number eight reads:

> pia、bia、diang，其实就是pa、ba、username_3g的变读。
>
> 方法是在声母与韵母间插入“i ” 。
>
> 例子太多了，就不列举了。

and number fourteen says:

> 多以“吧”字代之。如吧叽，吧嗒。吧读bia.

《哈尔滨方言词典》p. 110

> [![yup](https://i.sstatic.net/T3aoo.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/T3aoo.png)

Simply lists all `bia`:

> □

but the same words from the zdic thread are written as:

> 吧叽

and

> 吧嗒

Seemingly making **吧** an acceptable candidate.

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《北京方言词典》陈刚 商务印书馆 1985 p.17 confirms this assumption:

> [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LVLlW.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LVLlW.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: 墙都不扶, 就扶你. bia都能研究这么深.  
> **username_0**: @Jacob Please upvote if you haven't then! :)  
> **username_6**: @user3306356 . 厉害厉害，优秀！  
> **username_0**: @WayneYang-MSFT Please upvote if you like it!  
> **username_6**: @user3306356 . Really like it! I have upvoted it. :-)  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-05-17. Score: 0

It's 象声词， which sounds funny to the most people from the northeast. Refer to this link for [pia](https://m.baidu.com/from=1086k/bd_page_type=1/ssid=0/uid=0/pu=usm%401%2Csz%40320_1002%2Cta%40iphone_2_7.0_2_7.3/baiduid=FF22DF561569F3860E45C40E2A747D99/w=0_10_/t=iphone/l=3/tc?ref=www_iphone&lid=9536953789412652404&order=1&fm=alop&tj=www_normal_1_0_10_title&vit=osres&m=8&srd=1&cltj=cloud_title&asres=1&nt=wnor&title=%E5%B0%8F%E6%B2%88%E9%98%B3%E5%8F%A3%E5%A4%B4%E7%A6%85%E6%88%90%E4%BB%8A%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E7%83%AD%E8%AF%8D%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%B9%E5%86%8D%E9%80%A0%E5%AD%97(%E5%9B%BE)_%E5%A8%B1%E4%B9%90...&dict=32&wd=&eqid=845a10f14941b800100000005afd1f12&w_qd=IlPT2AEptyoA_yk5z35byQi6F6ZUmIYnuVYYcPnTtBu&tcplug=1&sec=29838&di=e91d8fcc32b1e5b8&bdenc=1&tch=124.0.286.193.0.0&nsrc=IlPT2AEptyoA_yixCFOxXnANedT62v3IIxiJ_yVS2zSt95qshbWxBd6eXTv6NWyJZpPPuW3HfsFUbiCu0VByj2YKh4A0sWkf9l0ddenq6RO_CBZbeAFiPgTxGGwryPjzk_&clk_info=%7B%22srcid%22%3A1599%2C%22tplname%22%3A%22www_normal%22%2C%22t%22%3A1526538017957%2C%22xpath%22%3A%22div-a-h3%22%7D&sfOpen=1). Bia is often used to take the same effect I think. Ex. Bia ji, bia ji. == Pia ji pia ji. Those are very interesting 象声词, and never seen them being written out. But gua ji gua ji could be written as 呱唧呱唧 I think, meaning 鼓掌 clapping.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-05-17. Score: -1

The joke was about throwing firecracker

The term "噼里啪啦" is used to mimic sound of a string of firecrackers explodes

> <https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%99%BC%E9%87%8C%E5%95%AA%E5%95%A6/1623777>
>
> *例句:*
>
> *过年了，外面鞭炮声**噼里啪啦**响个不停*

You might had heard "啪" (Pā) there (he was making a sound effect of a single firecracker explodes, Therefore, he didn't say "噼里啪啦" but just "啪")

> "往地一摔, '啪' (一声地), 响了"

Another character 嘭 (Pēng) can also be used for mimicking the sound of firecracker.

*Or there's no character at all. Anyway, it is just a noise that has no meaning on it's own*


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