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From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).

Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

From Cantonese 丁 (ding1).

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 丁 (Dīng) — Chinese surname (丁)
• Russian: Динь (Dinʹ) — Chinese surname (丁)
• Vietnamese: Đinh — Chinese surname (丁)
• Finnish: kolhu — very minor damage
• Finnish: lommo — very minor damage
• Spanish: raspadura — very minor damage
• Spanish: raspón — very minor damage
• Greek: ντιν (ntin) — high-pitched sound of a bell
• Russian: дзынь (dzynʹ) — high-pitched sound of a bell
• Sikkimese: ཏིང (ting) — high-pitched sound of a bell
• Ukrainian: дзень (dzenʹ) — high-pitched sound of a bell
• Ukrainian: дзеньк (dzenʹk) — high-pitched sound of a bell
• Ukrainian: дзінь (dzinʹ) — high-pitched sound of a bell
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼎 (dǐng) — vessel
• Japanese: 鼎 (kanae) — vessel
• Japanese: 鼎 (tei) — vessel
• Czech: škrábnout — to hit or strike
• Czech: drbnout — to hit or strike
• Czech: pocuchat — to hit or strike
• French: bigner — to hit or strike
• Russian: стукнуть (stuknutʹ) — to hit or strike
• Finnish: kolhia — to inflict minor damage on
• French: bigner — to inflict minor damage on
• Russian: повреждать (povreždatʹ) — to inflict minor damage on
• Russian: штрафовать (štrafovatʹ) — (colloquial) To deduct, as points