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叮

dīng · ding

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)
  2. to say repeatedly
  3. to urge insistently
  4. to ask repeatedly
  5. to stick to a point
  6. (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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Mosquitoes in the park

  1. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)，有(yǒu)蚊子(wénzi)叮(dīng)我(wǒ)！

    Ouch, a mosquito is biting me!

  2. Liangliang

    在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？我(wǒ)也(yě)被(bèi)叮(dīng)了(le)。

    Where? I got bitten too.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)手上(shǒushàng)有(yǒu)三个(sāngè)包(bāo)，都(dōu)是(shì)蚊子(wénzi)叮(dīng)的(de)。

    You have three bumps on your hand, all from mosquito bites.

  4. Liangliang

    蚊子(wénzi)为什么(wèishénme)只(zhǐ)叮(dīng)我(wǒ)，不(bù)叮(dīng)你(nǐ)？

    Why do mosquitoes only bite me and not you?

  5. Dengdeng

    因为(yīnwèi)我(wǒ)涂(tú)了(le)花露水(huālùshuǐ)，你(nǐ)没(méi)涂(tú)。

    Because I put on mosquito repellent and you didn't.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)被(bèi)很(hěn)多(duō)的(de)蚊(wén)子(zi)叮(dīng)了(le)。

I got a lot of mosquito bites.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

烤(kǎo)箱(xiāng)叮(dīng)的(de)一(yì)声(shēng)，面(miàn)包(bāo)烤(kǎo)好(hǎo)了(le)。

The oven went ding, and the bread was done.

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