pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
叮 
叮 
ding1 
 
 
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 
 
 
strokes 
5 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
2 
 
半瓶水响叮当 
半瓶水響叮噹 
ban4 ping2 shui3 xiang3 ding1 dang1 
 
 
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); fig. empty vessels make the most noise; one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest 
 
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 
蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋 
cang1 ying5 bu4 ding1 wu2 feng4 dan4 
 
 
lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom); fig. no smoke without a fire 
 
叮当 
叮噹 
ding1 dang1 
 
 
(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound 
 
叮当声 
叮噹聲 
ding1 dang1 sheng1 
 
 
tinkle 
 
叮当响 
叮噹響 
ding1 dang1 xiang3 
 
 
(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound 
 
叮叮 
叮叮 
ding1 ding1 
 
 
(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound 
 
叮叮当当 
叮叮噹噹 
ding1 ding1 dang1 dang1 
 
 
(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound 
 
叮叮猫 
叮叮貓 
ding1 ding1 mao1 
 
 
(dialect) dragonfly 
 
叮咚 
叮咚 
ding1 dong1 
 
 
(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound 
 
叮铃 
叮鈴 
ding1 ling2 
 
 
jingle 
 
叮咛 
叮嚀 
ding1 ning2 
 
 
to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently 
 
叮问 
叮問 
ding1 wen4 
 
 
to question closely; to make a detailed inquiry; to probe; to ask repeatedly 
 
叮咬 
叮咬 
ding1 yao3 
 
 
sting; bite (of insect) 
 
叮嘱 
叮囑 
ding1 zhu3 
 
 
to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again 
 
千叮万嘱 
千叮萬囑 
qian1 ding1 wan4 zhu3 
 
 
repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again 
 
响叮当 
響叮噹 
xiang3 ding1 dang1 
 
 
to tinkle; to jingle; to clank