定 dìng to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 令 líng used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4]) syn 令 lǐng classifier for a ream of paper syn 领 領 lǐng neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc syn 机灵 機靈 jī ling clever / quick-witted syn 叮当 叮當 dīng dāng (onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound syn 叮咚 dīng dōng (onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound syn 补丁 補丁 bǔ ding patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) / (software) patch 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 宋美龄 宋美齡 sòng měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife 丁玲 dīng líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party 李陵 lǐ líng Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal 蔺相如 藺相如 lìn xiāng rú Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 叮当响 叮當響 dīng dāng xiǎng (onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound 另 lìng other / another / separate / separately syn 盯 dīng to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at syn 灵 靈 líng quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin syn 顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn 订 訂 dìng to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order syn 钉 釘 dīng nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1] syn 钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn 零 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither syn 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 铃 鈴 líng (small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 叮 dīng to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound syn 龄 齡 líng age / length of experience, membership etc syn 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 酊 dǐng used in 酩酊[ming3ding3] syn 玲 líng (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants 伶 líng (old) actor / actress / (meaningless bound form) syn 嚯 huò (onom.) expressing admiration or surprise / (onom.) sound of a laugh 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 聆 líng (literary) to hear / to listen syn 鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn 陵 líng mound / tomb / hill / mountain syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 羚 líng antelope syn 锭 錠 dìng (weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks syn 叮叮当当 叮叮當當 dīng dīng dāng dāng (onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound 泠 líng sound of water flowing 菱 蔆 líng variant of 菱[ling2] syn 翎 líng tail feathers / plume syn 囹 líng used in 囹圄[ling2 yu3] 腚 dìng buttocks / butt syn 棂 欞 líng variant of 櫺|棂[ling2] 碇 dìng anchor 补钉 補釘 bǔ ding variant of 補丁|补丁[bu3 ding5] 町 dīng (used in place names) 苓 líng fungus / tuber 蛉 líng sandfly 铤 鋌 dìng ingot 啶 dìng idine (chemistry) 酊 dīng tincture (loanword) syn 呤 líng used in 呤呤[ling2 ling2] 仃 dīng used in 伶仃[ling2ding1] 鲮 鯪 líng mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella) 瓴 líng concave channels of tiling 酃 líng name of a district in Hunan 玎 dīng jingling / tinkling 疔 dīng boil / carbuncle syn 耵 dīng used in 耵聹|耵聍[ding1ning2] / Taiwan pr. [ding3] 鸰 鴒 líng used in 鶺鴒|鹡鸰[ji2ling2] 吧 bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] syn 哈哈 hā hā (onom.) laughing out loud syn 呵呵 hē hē (onom.) gentle laughter / chuckle 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 嘿嘿 hēi hēi (onom.) he he / mischievous laughter syn 嗡嗡 wēng wēng (onom.) buzz / drone / hum syn 咯咯 gē gē (onom.) gurgle syn 咕噜 咕嚕 gū lu (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach) / to coo (of a dove) / rumbling / noisy drinking sound syn 唧唧 jī jī (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc 呼呼 hū hū (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep syn 咔嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] syn 乒乓 pīng pāng (onom.) rattle / clatter / (sports) ping-pong / table tennis syn 叽叽喳喳 嘰嘰喳喳 jī jī zhā zhā (onom.) chirp / twitter / buzzing / to chatter continuously syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 呼噜 呼嚕 hū lu (onom.) snoring / Taiwan pr. [hu1 lu1] syn 砰砰 pēng pēng (onom.) slam 嘀嗒 dī dā (onom.) tick tock 喃喃 nán nán (onom.) to mutter / to mumble / to murmur syn 扑通 撲通 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop syn 喀嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping syn 咚咚 dōng dōng (onom.) thud / thumping / thudding / pounding syn 怦怦 pēng pēng thumping sound (onom.) / to be eager and anxious (to do sth) / faithful and upright syn 咯吱 gē zhī (onom.) creak / groan syn 玲珑 玲瓏 líng lóng (onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble syn 轰隆 轟隆 hōng lōng (onom.) rumbling / rolling syn 知了 zhī liǎo cicada (onom.) syn 呢喃 ní nán (onom.) twittering of birds / whispering / murmuring 呱呱 guā guā (onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc syn 扑腾 撲騰 pū teng (onom.) thud / flutter / flop syn 阿嚏 ā tì (onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze) 嘶哑 嘶啞 sī yǎ (onom.) coarse crowing / hoarse / husky syn 玲玲 líng líng (onom.) tinkling (e.g. of jewels) syn 哗啦啦 嘩啦啦 huā lā lā (onom.) crashing sound syn 嗖嗖 sōu sōu (onom.) whooshing / swishing / rustle of skirts / laughingly 唏嘘 唏噓 xī xū (onom.) to sigh / to sob 吧嗒 bā da (onom.) patter, splatter, click / to smack one's lips / to pull (on a pipe) syn 