Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (丁寧)
simp. (丁宁)
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (5) (8)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter teng neng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/teŋ/ /neŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/teŋ/ /neŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛŋ/ /nɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛjŋ/ /nɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/teŋ/ /neŋ/
Wang
Li
/tieŋ/ /nieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tieŋ/ /nieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dīng níng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ding1 ning4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dīng dīng níng
Middle
Chinese
‹ teng › ‹ teng › ‹ neng ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁeŋ/ /*tˁeŋ/ /*nˁeŋ/
English 4th heavenly stem nail (n.) peace

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 # 2/2 1/1
No. 2378 9556
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*teːŋ/ /*neːŋ/
Notes

Noun edit

丁寧

  1. (historical) narrow bell-shaped copper percussion instrument connected to a long handle and struck with a mallet, used in battle to halt or recall troops
    Synonym: (zhēng)

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 叮嚀 (“to exhort; to urge; to advise repeatedly; repeated advice; urging; admonition”).
(This term is a variant form of 叮嚀).

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
てい
Grade: 3
ねい
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
叮嚀

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 叮嚀 (MC teng neng).

Originally meant a musical instrument used in the ancient Chinese military to signal vigilance or caution.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(てい)(ねい) (teinei-na (adnominal (てい)(ねい) (teinei na), adverbial (てい)(ねい) (teinei ni))

  1. polite, civil, courteous
    (てい)(ねい)(こと)()(づか)(はな)
    teinei na kotobazukai de hanasu
    speak with polite language
  2. careful
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(てい)(ねい) (teinei

  1. politeness, courteousness
  2. care
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN