丁丁

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term
丁

Adverb [edit]

丁丁 (katakana チョウチョウ, romaji chōchō)

  1. Alternative spelling of 丁々.

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.
丁丁

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ tiŋ˥˥tiŋ˥˥ ] pinyin: dīngdīng
  • IPA: [ tʂɤŋ˥˥tʂɤŋ˥˥ ] pinyin: zhēngzhēng

Proper noun [edit]

丁丁 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dīngdīng)

  1. Tintin, the Belgian comic book character
  2. Tinky Winky, one of the Teletubbies
  3. a Chinese women's tennis player from Beijing

Adverb [edit]

丁丁 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhēngzhēng)

  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of clanking or clanging
  2. (onomatopoeia) the pitter-patter sound of rain
  3. (onomatopoeia) the sound of logging
    • 1000 BCE, Classics of Poetry (詩經˙小雅˙伐木):
      伐木丁丁，鳥鳴嚶嚶.
      On the trees go the blows "zheng-zheng".
  4. (onomatopoeia) the sound of playing a musical instrument
  5. (onomatopoeia) the sound of playing a game of chess

References [edit]

  • "丁丁" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-07-22.
  • Wikipedia-logo.png 丁丁 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
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