咚

咚 U+549A, 咚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-549A ← 咙 [U+5499] CJK Unified Ideographs 咛 → [U+549B]

Translingual

Han character

咚 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口竹水卜 (RHEY), four-corner 6703₃, composition ⿰口冬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 608, character 1
• Unihan data for U+549A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		咚
alternative forms		鼕／冬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōng (dong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

咚

1. (onomatopoeia) ratatat (sound of a drum or repeated hits)

   • 他咚咚咚使勁地敲門。 [MSC, trad.]
     他咚咚咚使劲地敲门。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā dōngdōngdōng shǐjìn de qiāomén. [Pinyin]

     He rained blows on the door.

2. (onomatopoeia) boom; thump; thud (sound of a drum or something falling)

   • 郵差把郵包咚地一聲扔在地板上。 [MSC, trad.]
     邮差把邮包咚地一声扔在地板上。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yóuchā bǎ yóubāo dōng de yī shēng rēng zài dìbǎn shàng. [Pinyin]

     The postman plonked the mail bag on the floor.

   • 他從樹上咚地一聲摔在了地上。 [MSC, trad.]
     他从树上咚地一声摔在了地上。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā cóng shù shàng dōng de yī shēng shuāi zài le dì shàng. [Pinyin]

     He fell out of the tree and landed on the ground with a thud.

Compounds

• 叮叮咚咚
• 叮咚叮咚
• 呆不龍咚／呆不龙咚
• 咕咚
• 咚咚 (dōngdōng)
• 咕咚咕咚
• 撲咚／扑咚
• 撲咚咚／扑咚咚
• 醉貌咕咚 (zuìmaogūdōng)
• 黑咕籠咚／黑咕笼咚