Ting is the short, high, bright ringing sound of a small piece of metal or glass being struck — a spoon tapped against a wine glass, a tiny bell, a bicycle bell, the sound an old cash register or a lift makes when the doors open. The word is the sound itself: English has a whole family of these, and they are sorted by size. Ting is the smallest and highest; ding is a little bigger; dong and clang are big and low.

Ting叮 is the short, high, bright ringing sound of a small piece of metal or glass being struck指的是金屬或玻璃小物件被敲到時，那種短促、高亢、清脆的響聲 — a spoon tapped against a wine glass像湯匙敲到紅酒杯, a tiny bell小鈴鐺, a bicycle bell腳踏車鈴, the sound an old cash register or a lift makes when the doors open或是舊式收銀機、電梯開門時發出的聲音。The word is the sound itself這個詞本身就是那個聲音: English has a whole family of these英文裡有一整組這樣的擬聲字, and they are sorted by size而且是依照聲音大小來分的。Ting is the smallest and highest ting 是其中最小、最高的; ding is a little bigger ding 稍微大一點; dong and clang are big and low dong 和 clang 則是又大又低沉。

You use it two ways. As a noun: 'there was a ting from the kitchen'. As a verb: 'she tinged her glass with a spoon' — though many people avoid that verb because the past tense looks odd, and say 'tapped' or 'chimed' instead.

You use it two ways這個詞有兩種用法。As a noun當名詞用時: 'there was a ting from the kitchen'像 'there was a ting from the kitchen'（廚房傳來一聲叮）。As a verb當動詞用時: 'she tinged her glass with a spoon'像 'she tinged her glass with a spoon'（她用湯匙敲了一下杯子） — though many people avoid that verb不過很多人會避免用這個動詞 because the past tense looks odd因為過去式看起來怪怪的, and say 'tapped' or 'chimed' instead而改說 'tapped' 或 'chimed'。

It also works on its own as an exclamation in comics and stories: Ting! You mostly find it in writing for children, in stories and in playful speech, not in serious or formal English.

It also works on its own as an exclamation它也可以單獨當作驚嘆詞用 in comics and stories在漫畫和故事裡: Ting!就是「Ting！」這樣。You mostly find it in writing for children你大多會在給小孩看的作品裡看到它, in stories and in playful speech在故事和玩鬧的口語中, not in serious or formal English而不是在嚴肅或正式的英文裡。

Note that in some Caribbean and British youth speech 'ting' is a completely different word, a pronunciation of 'thing' — that is not this word.

Note that請注意 in some Caribbean and British youth speech在一些加勒比海和英國年輕人的用語裡 'ting' is a completely different word 'ting' 是完全不同的另一個字, a pronunciation of 'thing'是 'thing' 的一種發音方式 — that is not this word跟這個字沒有關係。