According to the characteristics, Dai Ding is divided into Dingdan, Dinghan and Dinglie.

Dingdan
Dingdan is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Dai, Achang, De'ang and other ethnic groups. The Dehong area is called Ding, and Menglian County is called Sen. The Achang and De'ang people call it the horse-leg qin.

It is popular in the Menglian, Lancang, Shangyun, Jinggu, Lincang and Dehong areas inhabited by the Dai, Achang and De'ang peoples in Simao area of Yunnan Province. The body of the violin is small, and the body of the violin is mostly made of a single piece of eucalyptus wood to excavate a resonance box, which is covered with a pine top. Specifications vary, commonly used people with a total length of 50 cm to 70 cm, and 56 cm is the most common.

The resonance box is a flat rectangle, and there are three small circular sound holes in the middle of the panel, arranged in a fret shape (left in the picture), and some of the back panels are slightly arched. The headstock has a flat top without decoration, with three hardwood pegs on it (two on the left and one on the right). There are wooden bridge strings, Zhang has three strings, and mostly steel strings are used.

Dinghan
Dinghan, a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Dai people. "Han" in the Dai language means to lay horizontally and hold horizontally, and "Dinghan" means a qin played horizontally. In Dai language, it is also called Ding Sanji. "Gill" is the string, which means the three-stringed piano. The Dai dialect of Ruili calls it "Ding Bengba", and "Bengba" means fish, which means fish-shaped qin.

It is popular in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture and Lincang area in Yunnan Province. The shape is similar to that of the Dingdan, but the size is slightly larger than that of the Dingdan. The body of the violin is made of a whole piece of toon wood dug out of the resonance box, which is covered with a bamboo panel (thin bamboo slices with the outer skin removed). The total length is 60 cm to 80 cm, and the surface width is 6.5 cm. Usually, there are two on the front panel and one sound hole on the back panel. The headstock is slightly curved, 20 cm long, and looks like a duck's head on the side, with three wooden pegs (two on the left and one on the right). The stem is narrow, with five wooden frets on it. There is a bridge in the lower part of the middle of the panel. Most of them use wooden bridge-shaped horses, and some use a small piece of thick lead wire instead. Zhang has three strings, often using steel strings.

Dinglie
Dinglie, Dai people plucked stringed musical instruments. In the Dai language, "玎" means qin, and "lie" means playing. In the Dai language, it is also known as 玎 Thin Gill, "Xi" is the numeral four, and "Gill" is the string, which means the ukulele. The Dai language is also called Li Ding, "li" is the verb to play or pluck, which means to play the piano. The Lincang area is called Dinglie, and Menglian County, Simao, is called Ding Province.

It is popular in Simao and Lincang areas in Yunnan Province, especially in Menglian Dai, Lahu and Wa Autonomous County. The shape is similar to that of a long-handled lute. The body of the piano is mostly made of eucalyptus wood, toon wood or teak wood, and it is better to use a whole piece of eucalyptus wood. Sizes vary, usually divided into three types: large, medium and small.

The overall length of the big piano is 102 cm. After the resonance box is tied on the eucalyptus wood to excavate the abdominal cavity, it is covered with a paulownia veneer. The appearance is oval, the panel is flat, and the back is arched. It is 25 cm wide and has two circular sound holes in the center of the panel. The headstock has a flat top without decoration, and there are four wooden pegs on both sides of the string groove (two on each side). The stem is 32.5 cm long, and there are six or seven bamboo frets on the fretboard. There is a bamboo or wooden bridge-shaped bridge under the sound hole, and there are four strings, mostly steel strings.