HSK 6 · Verbs

叮嘱 dīngzhǔ “to urge repeatedly” in Chinese

Traditional 叮囑

What 叮嘱 means

  1. to urge repeatedly
  2. to remind
  3. to warn repeatedly
  4. to urge
  5. to exhort again and again

How to say 叮嘱

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale叮dīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale嘱zhǔ3rd tone, dipping

叮嘱 in a sentence

  1. 真的不敢相信你在吃医生叮嘱不要食用的东西。

    Zhēnde bù gǎn xiāngxìn nǐ zài chī yīshēng dīngzhǔ búyào shíyòng de dōngxi.

    I can’t believe you’re eating something the doctor told you not to eat.

    Sentence #4760026 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 叮嘱 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 叮 (dīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
叮dīngto sting or bite
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part
The character 嘱 (zhǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
嘱zhǔto enjoin
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 属class · shǔSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 属 (shǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǔ.

How to write 叮嘱

叮 5 strokes · 嘱 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 叮嘱

Words with 嘱

嘱咐zhǔfù · to instruct

More words: Thinking & Talking

吹捧chuīpěng · to flatter出神chūshén · to be lost in thought磋商cuōshāng · to consult答复dáfù · to reply断定duàndìng · to conclude督促dūcù · to supervise and urge对照duìzhào · to compare发呆fādāi · to stare blankly

FAQs

叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ) means “to urge repeatedly” or “to remind”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dīngzhǔ: dīng with a 1st tone, then zhǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 叮嘱 is written 叮囑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dingzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 叮嘱 from the suggestions. Typing dingzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
叮嘱 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.