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チャリ

English translation: ding (of a bicycle)

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Japanese term or phrase:チャリ
English translation:ding (of a bicycle)
Entered by: Lara Silbert

16:32 Apr 17, 2010
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Japanese term or phrase: チャリ
As in the sound, not as in a bicycle. I'm not quite sure what the English equivalent would be.
Lara Silbert
Australia
Local time: 17:36
ding (of a bicycle)
Explanation:
Without context, it's hard to say the exact sound you'd use, but if it's a bicycle it'd be "ding" or "ching", while for coins or something small like that, it'd be "clink" or "plink." Does this work within the context?
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Paul Crowder
Local time: 18:36
Grading comment
thanks! :) very helpful
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4ding (of a bicycle)
Paul Crowder
Summary of reference entries provided
May be not an onomatopoeia/擬音語でない可能性があります。
Takeshi Suda

  

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ding (of a bicycle)


Explanation:
Without context, it's hard to say the exact sound you'd use, but if it's a bicycle it'd be "ding" or "ching", while for coins or something small like that, it'd be "clink" or "plink." Does this work within the context?


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Paul Crowder
Local time: 18:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks! :) very helpful
Notes to answerer
Asker: yep that works well, thx :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yumico Tanaka (X): "clink clank" may do as well.
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agree  Yumiko English
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agree  Joyce A
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agree  Eric Quek
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Reference comments


2 days 1 hr
Reference: May be not an onomatopoeia/擬音語でない可能性があります。

Reference information:
自転車ではない、ということですが、鎖やポケットの小銭が鳴る音でしょうか。

だとすると、clink（チャリ）やtinkle （チャリーン）などの擬音語が該当すると思いますが、自転車の場合、以下のリンクにある通り、語源として（1）擬音語（自転車のベルの音）によるとする説と、（2）チャヂョンゴ(자전거)という韓国語を語源とする2つの説が存在します。

http://zokugo-dict.com/17ti/charinko.htm

（1）であれば擬音語と同様にclink（チャリ）やtinkle （チャリーン）が該当すると思います。

しかし、（2）の場合、実際に「自転車をチャリチャリこぐ」などの表現が存在することから、「チャリンコ」を語源とする擬態語であると考えられます。したがって英語でも自転車をこぐ（pedaling）擬態語が必要であるということになります。

ご参考にして頂けましたら幸甚です。

Presumably the sound of a metal chain or changes in the pocket if it is not bike-related.

The onomatopoeia "clink" or "tinkle" would be appropriate for the translation in this case.

If it is related to a bicycle as mentioned by the others, there are two options because the word チャリンコ has two etymological theories, i.e. (1) sound of a bicycle bell, and (2) korean word 자전거 (jajeongeo: bicycle) as seen on the webpage at the link below:

http://zokugo-dict.com/17ti/charinko.htm

If (1) is the case, the onomatopoeia "clink" or "tinkle" also works.

However, if (2) is the case, it is considered to be a mimetic word for biking or pedaling derived from the word チャリンコ, and therefore the English equivalent thereof should be the target word.

As a native Japanese speaker, I feel more of "cruising slowly" than "zooming fast" when I hear somebody saying "チャリチャリこぐ," (biking up; cruising on a bike peacefully, or not vigorously, applying force on the pedal as appropriate to maintain the cruise.)

So the option may be "cruising on a bike" if no mimetic word is available in English.

I hope this helps you and everybody posting a target.

Takeshi Suda
Japan
Works in field
Native speaker of: Japanese
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