How to say "ding" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- adverb (with と)A bell-like 'ding', as of a small bell or tinkle; it suggests a light, clear ringing tone. Use it when describing a bell or tinkle-like ding sound.
- adverb (with と)A ding or chime of a bell or small gong; a resonant metallic clang. Use it for the sound a bell or small gong makes rather than a tiny tinkle.
- expressionA ding or ping, a sharp electronic or high-pitched sound; tagged as manga slang. It fits comic or informal renderings of a ping-like ding, and is seldom a neutral choice for ordinary bell sounds.
- 火風鼎かふうていnounNot a sound at all: it names hexagram 50 of the I Ching, the caldron, which is read ding in Chinese. It is essentially never the word you want for a 'ding' noise.
- adverbThe jingling or ringing of small bells; a continuous or repeated tinkling rather than a single chime. Use it when 'ding' suggests small bells jingling.
For the sound of a bell, choose among the onomatopoeic words by sound quality; use 火風鼎 only for the I Ching hexagram, never for a noise.
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