"ding ding" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ding, after the double-bell-ring of a tram.",
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      "form": "ding dings",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Cannix Yau, “Happy happy ding ding? Hong Kong’s new-look trams offer more smiles per mile”, in South China Morning Post",
          "text": "Another 157 trams will display a smile on their bumpers for three months to represent Hongkongers’ happy collective memories of the vehicles, affectionately known as “ding dings”.",
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        "A tram."
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        "(Hong Kong, informal) A tram."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ding, ding, ding, we have a winner"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "informal"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ding¹ ding¹",
          "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
          "word": "叮叮"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
          "word": "叮叮車"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ding¹ ding¹ ce¹",
          "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
          "word": "叮叮车"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dīngdīng",
          "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
          "word": "叮叮"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
          "word": "叮叮車"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dīngdīngchē",
          "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
          "word": "叮叮车"
        }
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  "word": "ding ding"
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      "word": "ding, ding, ding, we have a winner"
    }
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        "A tram."
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        "(Hong Kong, informal) A tram."
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ding¹ ding¹",
      "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
      "word": "叮叮"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
      "word": "叮叮車"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ding¹ ding¹ ce¹",
      "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
      "word": "叮叮车"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dīngdīng",
      "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
      "word": "叮叮"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
      "word": "叮叮車"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dīngdīngchē",
      "sense": "Hong Kong tram",
      "word": "叮叮车"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ding ding"
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