粵

霹pik1靂lik1

simp霹雳
pik1 lik1pi1li4Pī lìpī lì

English

  1. Perak (state of Malaysia)
  2. thunderclap
  3. (noun) Thunderclap
  4. (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying
  5. thunderclap

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 急促而響亮嘅雷聲

Examples

  • 晴天霹雳。

    It was like a bolt out of the blue.

    Tatoeba · ruicong CC BY

  • 超級酷斃宇宙世界霹靂無敵棒。

    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 你为什么要唤我起来,告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?

    Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!

    Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

  • 霹靂舞

    breaking

  • 晴天霹靂

    a bolt from the blue

  • 聽到霹靂啪啦嘅聲,就知道啲爆谷應該差唔多整好喇。

    When you hear a pop, the popcorn should be ready to serve.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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