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)

Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 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)

Orthographic borrowing from Cantonese 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.)