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叮
dīng
1.
sting (of mosquito, bee etc)
2.
to say repeatedly
3.
to urge insistently
4.
to ask repeatedly
5.
to stick to a point
6.
(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
Very Common • Top 4%
✏️ 5 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (16)
叮叮
dīngdīng
(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
叮咚
dīngdōng
(onom.) ding dong
叮咬
dīngyǎo
sting
叮问
dīngwèn
to question closely
叮当
dīngdāng
(onom.) ding dong
叮咛
dīngníng
to warn
叮嘱
dīngzhǔ
to warn repeatedly
叮铃
dīnglíng
jingle
叮叮猫
dīngdīngmāo
(dialect) dragonfly
叮当声
dīngdāngshēng
tinkle
叮当响
dīngdāngxiǎng
(onom.) ding dong
响叮当
xiǎngdīngdāng
to tinkle
千叮万嘱
qiāndīngwànzhǔ
repeatedly urging
叮叮当当
dīngdīngdāngdāng
(onom.) ding dong
蚊虫叮咬
wénchóngdīngyǎo
insect bites
半瓶水响叮当
bànpíngshuǐxiǎngdīngdāng
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,610
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,494 of 84,292