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铃铛 (líng dāng) — small bell

Definition

noun
small bell
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • 铃铛。
    Māo bó zi shàng guà le yí gè líng dāng.
    A small bell is hung around the cat's neck.
  • ，铃铛。
    Fēng yì chuī, líng dāng jiù dīng dīng dāng dāng dì xiǎng.
    When the wind blows, the small bell jingles.
  • 铃铛。
    Tā xǐ huan shōu jí gè zhǒng piào liang de líng dāng.
    She likes to collect all kinds of beautiful small bells.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

铃língbell
铛dāngbell

Both 铃 and 铛 mean bell, so the word names a small bell.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鈴; 铃 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng鈴líng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鈴 pairs 金 (metal) with 令 as a sound part; the simplified 铃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 铃 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 铛 →
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