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



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
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

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

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

Hán tự in this term
叮嚀

Verb

叮嚀

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