丁当

Mandarin

simpl.		丁当
trad.		丁當

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tiŋ˥˥tɑŋ˥˥ ]

Adverb

丁当 (simplified, Pinyin dīngdāng, traditional 丁當)

1. (onomatopoeia) ding dong, the sound of a bell or doorbell
2. (onomatopoeia) tinkle, jingle
3. (onomatopoeia) the sound of wind chimes

   风铃丁当丁当响。

   Fēnglíng dīngdāng dīngdāng xiǎng.

   The wind chimes go "ding dong"

Usage notes

• It is sometimes doubled as in the example sentence above.

Related terms

• 丁等
• 丁丁
• 丁东, 丁東
• 丁冬
• 丁丁当当, 丁丁當當
• 叮当, 叮噹
• 吉丁当, 吉丁當

References

• "丁當" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-07-24.
• 1999, Martin H. Manser, Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary (in Mandarin/English), Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 591151: