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叮

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: dêng1
POJ: teng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to sting; to bite (of insects), to urge repeatedly
叮

The page lists several unrelated senses (insect sting, urging/repeating, questioning closely, informal 'microwave', Cantonese-specific senses) tied to the same character without dialect disambiguation for Teochew, so the most basic 'insect sting' sense was chosen as the primary gloss.

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