叮 (dīng): to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc), to say repeatedly, to urge insistently
叮 (dīng) is a Chinese character meaning “to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 丁 (phonetic). It ranks #2500 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 叮 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)
- to say repeatedly
- to urge insistently
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叮当 | dīng dāng | (onom.) ding dong |
| 叮咚adverb | dīng dōng | (onom.) ding dong |
| 叮叮当当 | dīng dīng dāng dāng | (onom.) ding dong |
| 叮嘱verb | dīng zhǔ | to warn repeatedly |
| 叮咛 | dīng níng | to warn |
| 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) |
| 叮当声 | dīng dāng shēng | tinkle |
| 叮当响 | dīng dāng xiǎng | (onom.) ding dong |
| 响叮当 | xiǎng dīng dāng | to tinkle |
| 叮问verb | dīng wèn | to question closely |
| 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 | cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn | lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) |
| 千叮万嘱 | qiān dīng wàn zhǔ | repeatedly urging |
| 叮咬verb | dīng yǎo | (of a mosquito etc) to bite |
| 叮叮猫 | dīng dīng māo | (dialect) dragonfly |
| 叮铃 | dīng líng | jingle |
叮 appears in 16 compound words: 75 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 叮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
请叮下这杯茶，解解渴再继续工作。
qǐng dīng xià zhè bēi chá , xiè xiè kě zài jì xù gōng zuò .
Please pour yourself a cup of tea to quench your thirst before getting back to work.
...渣 网民齐爆糟蹋贵价食材惨案|Juicy叮
. . . zhā wǎng mín qí bào zāo tà guì jià shí cái cǎn àn J u i c y dīng
...Netizens Slam the Tragedy of Wasting Expensive Ingredients | Juicy Ding
...八脚怪!国内第3例SFTS本土病例 男遭叮咬感染
. . . bā jiǎo guài ! guó nèi dì 3 lì S F T S běn tǔ bìng lì nán zāo dīng yǎo gǎn rǎn
...Eight-legged monster! China's third locally transmitted case of SFTS: Man infected after being bitten
...降机 网民轰做法危险害人害己|Juicy叮
. . . jiàng jī wǎng mín hōng zuò fǎ wēi xiǎn hài rén hài jǐ J u i c y dīng
... Landing netizens bombard the practice of dangerous harm to others and themselves| Juicy ding
...爆月入万零花7年储$100万|Juicy叮
. . . bào yuè rù wàn líng huā 7 nián chǔ 1 0 0 wàn J u i c y dīng
... Explosive monthly income of 10,000 yuan and 7 years of savings of $1 million| Juicy ding
...传后传 网民忆凶案旧事觉心寒|Juicy叮
. . . chuán hòu chuán wǎng mín yì xiōng àn jiù shì jué xīn hán J u i c y dīng
... The sequel netizens recalled the old things of the murder and felt chilled| Juicy ding
我被很多的蚊子叮了。
Wǒ bèi hěn duō de wénzi dīng le.
I got a lot of mosquito bites.
真的不敢相信你在吃医生叮嘱不要食用的东西。
Zhēn de bù gǎn xiāngxìn nǐ zài chī yīshēng dīngzhǔ bù yào shíyòng de dōngxi.
I can't believe you are eating something the doctor has told you repeatedly you shouldn't eat.
Character Family
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