叮
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to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently; to ask repeatedly; to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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How 叮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 丁 (phonetic, dīng)
How to remember it
sting · Heisig RSH #91
spike + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丁
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丁 (dīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 sound component | dīng | male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem |
| 打 | dǎ | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike |
| 宁 | níng | calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp, lantern, light |
| 顶 | dǐng | top, summit, peak; to carry on the head |
| 厅 | tīng | hall, central room |
| 订 | dìng | to make an order; to draw up an agreement |
| 汀 | tīng | bank, sandbar; beach, shore |
| 盯 | dīng | to rivet one's gaze upon; to keep eyes on |
| 町 | tǐng | a raised path between fields |
| 仃 | dīng | lonely, solitary |
| 酊 | dīng | drunk, intoxicated |
| 疔 | dīng | boil, carbuncle, ulcer |
| 玎 | dīng | jingling, tinkling |
| 耵 | dīng | earwax |
Words containing 叮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半瓶水响叮当 | bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng | lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); fig. empty vessels make the … |
| 叮当声 | dīng dāng shēng | tinkle |
| 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 | cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn | lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom); fig. no smoke without a fire |
| 叮当响 | dīng dāng xiǎng | (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound |
| 响叮当 | xiǎng dīng dāng | to tinkle; to jingle; to clank |
| 叮当 | dīng dāng | (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound |
| 叮叮当当 | dīng dīng dāng dāng | (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound |
| 叮问 | dīng wèn | to question closely; to make a detailed inquiry; to probe; to ask repeatedly |
| 千叮万嘱 | qiān dīng wàn zhǔ | repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again |
| 叮叮猫 | dīng dīng māo | (dialect) dragonfly |
| 叮咬 | dīng yǎo | (of a mosquito etc) to bite |
| 叮铃 | dīng líng | jingle |
| 叮叮 | dīng dīng | (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound |
| 叮嘱 | dīng zhǔ | to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again |
| 叮咚 | dīng dōng | (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound |
| 叮咛 | dīng níng | to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently |