铜铃

銅鈴

tónglíng

noun

Measure Word

一只铜铃 zhī

Meanings

1 copper / bronze bell

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

牛脖子上挂着一只铜铃。

Niú bózi shàng guà zhe yì zhī tónglíng.

A copper bell hung from the cow's neck.

HSK 7-9

他的眼睛瞪得像铜铃一样大。

Tā de yǎnjing dèng de xiàng tónglíng yíyàng dà.

His eyes were wide open, big as bronze bells.

Tips

usage

The phrase 眼睛瞪得像铜铃 ('eyes glaring like bronze bells') is a stock simile in fiction for shocked or furious wide-eyed stares - Lu Zhishen and Zhang Fei from classical novels famously have 铜铃 eyes. Useful descriptive cliché.

Stroke Order

铜 tóng

铃 líng