dīng níng

Traditional: 叮嚀

叮咛 (dīng níng) is a Chinese word meaning “to warn; to urge; to exhort”.

Meanings

  1. 1to warn
  2. 2to urge
  3. 3to exhort
  4. 4to give instructions carefully and insistently

Characters in 叮咛

叮dīng · to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)咛níng · to enjoin

Related words

叮to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)叮当(onom.) ding dong叮咚(onom.) ding dong叮嘱to warn repeatedly叮叮当当(onom.) ding dong千叮万嘱repeatedly urging半瓶水响叮当lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)叮叮(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound叮叮猫(dialect) dragonfly叮咬sting叮当响(onom.) ding dong叮当声tinkle

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