The word "铃铛" is a semantic-meaningful compound formed by combining two characters, "铃" (líng), which means "bell", and "铛" (dāng), which is an onomatopoeic element mimicking the clanging or jingling sound a bell makes. Together, they create a single, more vivid term for a bell (often a small, handheld, or decorative one) where the first character denotes the object itself and the second character reinforces its identity through its characteristic sound, exemplifying a common pattern in Chinese where meaning and sound symbolism are fused.