叮嚀

See also: 丁寧 and 叮咛

Chinese

		sting (of mosquito); to ask	enjoin
trad. (叮嚀)		叮	嚀
simp. (叮咛)		叮	咛
alternative forms		丁寧／丁宁 丁嚀／丁咛

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 丁寧 (bell)?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīngníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ ning⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tên-nèn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): teng-lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹ lêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingníng
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-ning²
    • Yale: dīng-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingning
    • Palladius: диннин (dinnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹ ning⁴
    • Yale: dīng nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tên-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: den´ nenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: den¹ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴ nen¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: ting-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng¹ lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: teng neng

Rime
Character	叮	嚀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	當經切	奴丁切
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

Verb

叮嚀

1. to exhort; to urge; to advise repeatedly

Synonyms

• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 交帶／交带 (gaau¹ daai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 付囑／付嘱 (fùzhǔ) (obsolete)
• 叮囑／叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ)
• 吩咐 (fēnfù)
• 囑咐／嘱咐 (zhǔfù)
• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 讓／让 (ràng)

 

Noun

叮嚀

1. repeated advice; urging; admonition

   遵守媽媽的叮嚀／遵守妈妈的叮咛  ―  zūnshǒu māma de dīngníng  ―  to follow mum's advice

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (叮嚀):

• → Japanese: 丁(てい)寧(ねい) (teinei)
• → Korean: 정녕(叮嚀) (jeongnyeong)
• → Vietnamese: đinh ninh (叮嚀)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叮	嚀
てい Hyōgaiji	ねい Hyōgaiji
kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 叮嚀 – see the following entry.

【丁寧ていねい】 [adjective] polite, civil, courteous [adjective] careful [adjective] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] politeness, courteousness [noun] care [noun] This term needs a translation to English.

(This term, 叮嚀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
叮	嚀

Adverb

叮嚀 • (jeongnyeong) (hangeul 정녕)

1. Hanja form^? of 정녕 (“certainly, definitively, really”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
叮	嚀

Verb

叮嚀

1. chữ Hán form of đinh ninh (“to be absolutely sure, to be certain”).