Translingual

Han character

咚 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口竹水卜 (RHEY), four-corner 6703₃, composition ⿰口冬)

1. used as description of sound (onomatopoetic)
2. a thumping sound

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 608, character 1
• Unihan data for U+549A

Chinese

Pronunciation

Definitions

咚

1. (onomatopoeia) (sound of drum, of repeated hit) rat-a-tat tat
   • 他咚咚咚使勁地敲門。 [MSC, trad.]
     他咚咚咚使劲地敲门。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā dōngdōngdōng shǐjìn de qiāomén. [Pinyin]

     He rained blows on the door.

2. (onomatopoeia) (sound of something falling) boom; thump; thud
   • 郵差把郵包咚地一聲扔在地板上。 [MSC, trad.]
     邮差把邮包咚地一声扔在地板上。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yóuchā bǎ yóubāo dōng de yī shēng rēng zài dìbǎn shàng. [Pinyin]

     The postman plonked the mail bag on the floor.

   • 他從樹上咚地一聲摔在了地上。 [MSC, trad.]
     他从树上咚地一声摔在了地上。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā cóng shù shàng dōng de yī shēng shuāi zài le dì shàng. [Pinyin]

     He fell out of the tree and landed on the ground with a thud.