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丁丁

丁丁

Chinese

 
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; a Chinese surname
 
4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; a Chinese surname
simp. and trad.
(丁丁)

Adverb

丁丁

  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of clanking or clanging
  2. (onomatopoeia) the pitter-patter sound of rain
  3. (onomatopoeia) the sound of logging
    • 1000 BCE, Classics of Poetry (詩經˙小雅˙伐木):
      伐木丁丁,鳥鳴嚶嚶.
      On the trees go the blows "zheng-zheng".
  4. (onomatopoeia) the sound of playing a musical instrument
  5. (onomatopoeia) the sound of playing a game of chess

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 3
ちょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Adverb

丁丁 (hiragana ちょうちょう, katakana チョウチョウ, romaji chōchō)

  1. Alternative spelling of 丁々