Think of one small, bright sound: two hard thin things — a glass, a spoon, a key — touch for a moment, ring once, and stop. It is not loud, it is not dull, and it does not carry on. The verb and the noun are the same moment seen from two sides: the verb is the touching, the noun is the sound that comes out of it.
可以想成：兩個又硬又薄的東西輕輕碰一下，「叮」的一聲，短短一下就沒了。玻璃杯、湯匙、鑰匙、硬幣都會這樣響。這個聲音不大、不悶，也不會拖長，亮亮的一聲就結束。動詞和名詞其實是同一個瞬間的兩面：動詞是「碰」的那個動作，名詞是碰出來的那個聲音。
From the word’s history
The word goes back through Middle English clinken to a Germanic root meaning 'to sound'. The source adds that it is perhaps imitative, copying the noise of metal against metal — which fits a word that is over almost as soon as you say it.
這個字經過中古英文 clinken，可以追到日耳曼語裡表示「發出聲響」的字根。來源還說它可能是擬聲字，模仿金屬碰金屬的聲音。這一點跟它的念法很合：/klɪŋk/ 唸出來也是短短亮亮的一下。
Wiktionary, "clink" (etymology 1)
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