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Chinese symbol for “thumping”

咚咚
dōng dōng
(onom.) thud; thumping; thudding; pounding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thumping is 咚咚 (dōng dōng), defined as: (onom.) thud; thumping; thudding; pounding.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

咚 dōng
onomatopoetic, a thumping sound
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
咚
咚 dōng
onomatopoetic, a thumping sound
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 咚咚.

WordPinyinMeaning
叮咚dīng dōng(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells
咕咚gū dōngsplash; (onom.) for heavy things falling down
壁咚bì dōng(slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン "kabedon")
黑咕隆咚hēi gu lōng dōngpitch-black; pitch-dark

See also: Japanese symbol for “thumping”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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