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丁
dīng
丁 (dīng) means "surname Ding; male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.
What 丁 means
- male adult
- the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems {天干|tiān gān}
- fourth (used like "4" or "D")
- small cube of meat or vegetable
- literaryto encounter
- archaicancient Chinese compass point: 195°
- chemistrybutyl
Other readings
Example sentences
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加一丁点盐。Jiā yīdīngdiǎn yán.Add a tiny pinch of salt.
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您懂拉丁语？Do you understand Latin?
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我懂拉丁语。I know Latin.
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将苹果切丁。Dice the apple.
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普丁是战犯。Putin is a war criminal.
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这是你的布丁。Zhè shì nǐ de bùdīng.Here's your pudding.
Words starting with 丁
- 丁丁dīng dīng(neologism; slang) penis (丁丁 resembles "JJ", which is short for 鸡鸡
- 丁香dīng xiānglilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
- 丁玲Dīng LíngDing Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the…
- 丁点dīng diǎntiny bit
- 丁字dīng zìT-shape
- 丁磊Dīng LěiDing Lei (1971–), founder and CEO of NetEase 网易
- 丁克dīng kèDual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
- 丁基dīng jī(chemistry) butyl group
- 丁夫dīng fū(in ancient times) a man old enough for corvée or military service
- 丁未dīng wèiforty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027
- 丁字步dīng zì bùT-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
- 丁字街dīng zì jiēT-junction
- 丁字尺dīng zì chǐT-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
- 丁糖dīng tángtetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
- 丁骨牛排dīng gǔ niú páiT-bone steak
- 丁加奴Dīng jiā núformer transliteration of Terengganu, Malaysia, replaced by 登嘉楼
- 丁青县Dīng qīng XiànDêngqên, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市
- 丁字裤dīng zì kùthong (underwear)
- 丁忧dīng yōu(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
- 丁冬dīng dōng(onomatopoeia) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound
- 丁艰dīng jiān(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
- 丁型肝炎dīng xíng gān yánhepatitis D
- 丁宠家庭dīng chǒng jiā tíngdouble income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克
- 丁字梁dīng zì liángT-girder
Words containing 丁
- 拉丁lā dīngLatin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
- 补丁bǔ dingpatch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch
- 拉丁文Lā dīng wénLatin (language)
- 园丁yuán dīnggardener
- 拉丁语Lā dīng yǔLatin (language)
- 冷不丁lěng bu dīngsuddenly; by surprise
- 拉丁美洲Lā dīng Měi zhōuLatin America
- 爱丁堡Ài dīng bǎoEdinburgh, capital of Scotland
- 亚丁Yà dīngAden
- 但丁Dàn dīngDante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
- 沙丁鱼shā dīng yúsardine (loanword)
- 家丁jiā dīng(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
- 君士坦丁堡Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎoConstantinople, capital of Byzantium
- 拉丁舞Lā dīng wǔLatin dance
- 尼古丁ní gǔ dīng(loanword) nicotine
- 人丁rén dīngnumber of people in a family; population; (old) adult males
- 团丁tuán dīng(old) member of local militia
- 奥丁Ào dīngOdin (god in Norse mythology)
- 布丁bù dīngpudding (loanword)
- 几丁jī dīngchitin
- 成丁chéng dīng(of a male) to come of age; an adult male
- 新丁xīn dīngnew addition to a family (i.e. a birth); a boy who has just come of age…
- 普丁Pǔ dīng(Taiwan) Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia
- 武丁Wǔ DīngWu Ding (c. 1250–1192 BC), Shang dynasty king known from oracle bone inscriptions
Sounds the same
Read dīng, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 盯to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at
- 钉nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)
- 叮to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently
- 町(used in place names)
- 酊tincture (loanword)
- 仃used in 伶仃
- 玎jingling; tinkling
- 耵used in 耵聍; Taiwan pr. dǐng
- 疔boil; carbuncle
- 帄patch (for mending clothes)
- 靪to cobble; to patch
- 虰see 虰蛵
Where 丁 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms A (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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