Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (丁零)
simp. #(丁零)
anagram 零丁
 
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/3
Initial () (5) (37)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter teng leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/teŋ/ /leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/teŋ/ /leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛŋ/ /lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛjŋ/ /lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/teŋ/ /leŋ/
Wang
Li
/tieŋ/ /lieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tieŋ/ /lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dīng líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ding1 ling4

Etymology 1

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Noun

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丁零

  1. (onomatopoeia) tinkle; jingle

Etymology 2

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Unknown. Werner (2004) suggests connection to Proto-Yeniseian *ǰeʔ-ŋ (folk, people) and the ethnonym Tlingit. Or from Proto-Turkic *tekrek.

Proper noun

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丁零

  1. Dingling, an ancient Turkic ethnic group in China