丁零

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (丁零)		丁	零
simp. #(丁零)		丁	零
anagram		零丁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dinglíng
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-ling²
    • Yale: dīng-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingling
    • Palladius: динлин (dinlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: dīng lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: teng leng

Rime
Character	丁	零
Reading #	2/2	2/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	當經切	郎丁切
Baxter	teng	leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋ/	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋ/	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋ/	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋ/	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/teŋ/	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/tieŋ/	/lieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieŋ/	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dīng	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding1	ling4

Etymology 1

Noun

丁零

1. (onomatopoeia) tinkle; jingle

Etymology 2

Unknown. Werner (2004) suggests connection to Proto-Yeniseian *ǰeʔ-ŋ (“folk, people”) and the ethnonym Tlingit. Or from Proto-Turkic *tekrek.

Proper noun

丁零

1. Dingling, an ancient Turkic ethnic group in China