叮嚀

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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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dīngníng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ ning⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tên-nèn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): teng-lêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹ lêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dīngníng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dingníng
  - Wade–Giles: ting¹-ning²
  - Yale: dīng-níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingning
  - Palladius: диннин (dinnin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding¹ ning⁴
  - Yale: dīng nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ ning⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tên-nèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: den^ˊ nen^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: den¹ nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴ nen¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: ting-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengleeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dêng¹ lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng lêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: teng neng

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
Baxter	teng	neng
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieŋ/	/nieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dīng	níng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding¹	ning⁴

Verb

叮嚀

to exhort; to urge; to advise repeatedly

Synonyms

交代 (jiāodài)
交帶／交带 (gaau¹ daai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
付囑／付嘱 (fùzhǔ) (obsolete)
叮囑／叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ)
吩咐 (fēnfù)
囑咐／嘱咐 (zhǔfù)
招呼 (zhāohū)
讓／让 (ràng)

Noun

叮嚀

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: 丁(てい)寧(ねい) (teinei)
→ Korean: 정녕(叮嚀) (jeongnyeong)
→ Vietnamese: đinh ninh (叮嚀)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叮	嚀
てい Hyōgai	ねい Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 叮嚀 – see the following entry.

【丁寧ていねい】

polite, civil, courteous

This term needs a translation to English.

politeness, courteousness

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)

hanja form^? of 정녕 (“certainly, definitively, really”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
叮	嚀

Verb

叮嚀

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

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