丁寧

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 丁 寧
Reading # 2/2 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
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丁 丁 寧
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 丁 寧
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 2378 9556
Phonetic
component
丁 寧
Rime
group
耕 耕
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
丁 寧
Old
Chinese
/*teːŋ/ /*neːŋ/
Notes 釘(鋌塊)初文

Noun

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: 鉦/钲 (zhēng)

Etymology 2

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

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 叮嚀 (MC teŋ neŋ).

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) て​ーねー [téꜜènèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ːne̞ː]

Adjective

丁(てい)寧(ねい) • (teinei) -na (adnominal 丁(てい)寧(ねい)な (teinei na), adverbial 丁(てい)寧(ねい)に (teinei ni))

  1. polite, civil, courteous
    丁(てい)寧(ねい)な言(こと)葉(ば)遣(づか)いで話(はな)す
    teinei na kotobazukai de hanasu
    speak with polite language
  2. careful
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Inflection

Noun

丁(てい)寧(ねい) • (teinei) 

  1. politeness, courteousness
  2. care
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Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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