CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

铃铛

língdang

little bell

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

little bell

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 铃铛 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 铃铛 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

虽然公山羊羔经常因为无法产奶而被淘汰，但有时它们会被阉割，并作为「阉羊」留在羊群中。这种脖子上挂著铃铛的「领头羊」通常是羊群的领袖。suī rán gōng shān yáng gāo jīng cháng yīn wèi wú fǎ chǎn nǎi ér bèi táo tài， dàn yǒu shí tā men huì bèi yān gē， bìng zuò wéi 「yān yáng」 liú zài yáng qún zhōng。 zhè zhǒng bó zi shàng guà zhù líng dāng de 「lǐng tóu yáng」 tōng cháng shì yáng qún de lǐng xiù。

Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.

这群来自智利和秘鲁安第斯山脉地区的音乐家自称为「瓦伊诺」。他们演奏安地斯山脉的传统音乐，使用古老的乐器，例如木笛、吉他和铃铛。各种各样的音乐家、舞者和默剧演员经常在地铁里表演，靠著小费维持生计，同时也能继续从事他们的艺术创作。zhè qún lái zì zhì lì hé bì lǔ ān dì sī shān mài dì qū de yīn yuè jiā zì chēng wèi 「wǎ yī nuò」。 tā men yǎn zòu ān dì sī shān mài de chuán tǒng yīn yuè， shǐ yòng gǔ lǎo de yuè qì， lì rú mù dí、 jí tā hé líng dāng。 gè zhǒng gè yàng de yīn yuè jiā、 wǔ zhě hé mò jù yǎn yuán jīng cháng zài dì tiě lǐ biǎo yǎn， kào zhù xiǎo fèi wéi chí shēng jì， tóng shí yě néng jì xù cóng shì tā men de yì shù chuàng zuò。

This group of musicians from the Andes mountain region of Chile and Peru calls itself Wayno. They play the traditional music of the Andes, using age-old instruments like wooden flutes, guitars, and bells. A variety of musicians, dancers and mimes regularly perform in the subways, playing for tips that help them earn a living while practicing their art.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 铃铛.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 铃铛.

Directly before

著铃铛1
和铃铛1

Directly after

铃铛的1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 铃铛

What does 铃铛 mean in Chinese?

铃铛 (língdang) means little bell.

How do you pronounce 铃铛?

铃铛 is pronounced língdang.

Is 铃铛 an HSK word?

铃铛 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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