Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
simp. and trad.
(丁丁)
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (9)
Final () (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter treang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȶɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȶæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zang1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ trɛng ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁreŋ/
English sound of beating

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 2372
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rteːŋ/

Adverb edit

丁丁

  1. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of clanking or clanging
  2. (literary, onomatopoeia) the pitter-patter sound of rain
  3. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of logging
  4. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of playing a musical instrument
  5. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of playing a game of chess

Etymology 2 edit

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
simp. and trad.
(丁丁)

Glyph approximation of JJ (jījī), from 雞雞鸡鸡 (jījī).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

丁丁

  1. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) penis
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
simp. and trad.
(丁丁)

Glyph approximation of JJ (zei1 zei1), from 脧脧 (zoe1 zoe1).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

丁丁

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) penis
Synonyms edit

Etymology 4 edit

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
simp. and trad.
(丁丁)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

丁丁

  1. (literary) strong; robust
  2. (literary) long; endless
  3. (literary) ice-cold

Etymology 5 edit

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
simp. and trad.
(丁丁)

Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

丁丁

  1. (Taoism) Alternative name for Ding Lingwei.

Etymology 6 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 虰虰 (“dragonfly”).
(This term is a variant form of 虰虰).

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 3
ちょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 丁丁 – see the following entry.
丁々ちょうちょう
[adverb] with violent noises such as clashing of swords
[adverb] in heated argument, verbal sparring
Alternative spelling
チョウチョウ
(This term, 丁丁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)