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叮
Mandarin · pinyin dīng
Meanings
- to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)
- to say repeatedly
- to urge insistently
- to ask repeatedly
- to stick to a point
- (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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- 叮
- dīng · exhort or enjoin repeatedly
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Mandarin tones
1 · ding1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ding1
Cantonese word readings for 叮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (of insects) to sting; to bite
- to advise; to urge; to repeat what one says to make sure
- to question closely
- (informal) to microwave (heat in a microwave oven)
- (Cantonese, informal) to disqualify; to eliminate
- (Cantonese) unaccented beats (in Cantonese opera)
- Used in onomatopoeia.
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