丁零当啷

Traditional form:

丁零噹啷

Pinyin (reading):

dīngling-dānglāng

Definitions:

• (onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling

Characters:

• 丁 - male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
• 零 - zero; fragment, fraction
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 啷 - a clanging or rattling sound

Traditional characters:

• 丁 - male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
• 零 - zero; fragment, fraction
• 噹 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 啷 - a clanging or rattling sound