乒

pīng

(onom.) ping; bing

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A ball bouncing back and forth; compare 乓

Components 丘丿

ping · Heisig RSH #2999

兵 troops

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
乒乓球台	pīng pāng qiú tái	table-tennis table
乒乓球拍	pīng pāng qiú pāi	ping-pong paddle
乒乓球	pīng pāng qiú	table tennis; ping-pong; table tennis ball; CL:個\|个[ge4]
乒坛	pīng tán	the table tennis world; table tennis circles
乒乓	pīng pāng	(onom.) rattle; clatter; (sports) ping-pong; table tennis