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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 叮咛

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
叮咛 dīng níng - to warn
- to urge
- to exhort
- to give instructions carefully and insistently

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 56,180 41,745 31,609

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
咛 níng- to enjoin

Other Words Containing 叮咛

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
叮咛 - - 56,180 41,745 31,609