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丁玲

Dīng Líng

2-character word

What 丁玲 means

1. Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" {太阳照在桑干河上|Tài yáng Zhào zài Sāng gān Hé shàng}, persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"

The characters in 丁玲

• 丁dīngmale adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干; fourth (used like "4" or "D")
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants

Sounds the same

Read Dīng Líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叮铃jingle
• 玎玲(onomatopoeia) ding-a-ling; clink of jewels