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丁

dīng

HSK 5 Character

What 丁 means

1. male adult
2. the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems {天干|tiān gān}
3. fourth (used like "4" or "D")
4. small cube of meat or vegetable
5. literaryto encounter
6. archaicancient Chinese compass point: 195°
7. chemistrybutyl

Other readings

丁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhēngused in {丁丁|zhēng zhēng}
• Dīngsurname Ding

Example sentences

• 加一丁点盐。
  Jiā yīdīngdiǎn yán.
  Add a tiny pinch of salt.
• 您懂拉丁语？
  Do you understand Latin?
• 我懂拉丁语。
  I know Latin.
• 将苹果切丁。
  Dice the apple.
• 普丁是战犯。
  Putin is a war criminal.
• 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