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

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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