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叮

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 9

Pinyin

dīng

Bopomofo

ㄉㄧㄥ

Jyutping

ding1

Example sentences

叮囑 / 叮嘱 dīngzhǔ
醫生再三叮囑病人要多休息。
医生再三叮嘱病人要多休息。

The doctor repeatedly urged the patient to rest more.

忌口 jìkǒu
他最近身體不適，醫生叮囑他要忌口，不能吃辛辣的食物。
他最近身体不适，医生叮嘱他要忌口，不能吃辛辣的食物。

He has been unwell lately, and the doctor told him to abstain from certain foods and not eat spicy food.

叮 dīng
我昨天晚上被蚊子叮了。

I was bitten by a mosquito last night.

搔癢 / 搔痒 sāoyǎng
他被蚊子叮了，一直搔癢。
他被蚊子叮了，一直搔痒。

He was bitten by a mosquito and kept scratching the itch.

叮咬 dīngyǎo
夏天要注意防範蚊蟲叮咬。
夏天要注意防范蚊虫叮咬。

In summer, pay attention to preventing mosquito and insect bites.

蚊帳 / 蚊帐 wénzhàng
夏天睡覺時掛上蚊帳可以防止蚊子叮咬。
夏天睡觉时挂上蚊帐可以防止蚊子叮咬。

Hanging a mosquito net when sleeping in summer can prevent mosquito bites.

Example Vocabulary

叮囑

ding1'zhu3

to urge again and again; to warn; to exhort

叮當

叮

ding1

to sting; to bite (by insects); to urge

叮叮

叮咚

ding1'dong1

叮咬

ding1'yao3

sting; insect bite

叮嚀

ding1'ning2

千叮万囑

叮叮當當

叮當響

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