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冬

dōng

HSK 3 Character

What 冬 means

1. winter

Other readings

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

• dōngbeating a drum; rat-a-tat
• Dōngsurname Dong

Example sentences

• 冬天了。
  It was winter.
• 寒冬来临。
  Hándōng láilín.
  Cold winter came on.
• 冬天过了。
  Winter is gone.
• 我恨冬天。
  I hate the winter.
• 冬季快来了。
  Dōngjì kuài lái le.
  Winter is coming soon.
• 冬天结束了。
  Winter is gone.

Words starting with 冬

• 冬天dōng tiānwinter
• 冬季dōng jìwinter
• 冬日dōng rìwintertime
• 冬瓜dōng guāwax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon
• 冬至Dōng zhìWinter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 22nd December-5th January
• 冬眠dōng miánto hibernate; hibernation
• 冬宫Dōng gōngWinter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum
• 冬装dōng zhuāngwinter clothing; winter clothes
• 冬衣dōng yīwinter clothes
• 冬令dōng lìngwinter; winter climate
• 冬夏dōng xiàwinter and summer
• 冬月Dōng yuèeleventh lunar month
• 冬粉dōng fěn(Taiwan) glass noodles; mung bean vermicelli
• 冬菜dōng càipreserved dried cabbage or mustard greens
• 冬闲dōng xiánslack winter season (farming)
• 冬青dōng qīngholly
• 冬不拉dōng bù lāDombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute
• 冬令时dōng lìng shístandard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令时
• 冬奥会Dōng Ào huìWinter Olympics
• 冬字头dōng zì tóuname of "walk slowly" component 夂
• 冬至点Dōng zhì diǎnthe winter solstice
• 冬运会dōng yùn huìwinter games
• 冬青树dōng qīng shùholly
• 冬残奥会Dōng Cán ào huìWinter Paralympics

Words containing 冬

• 寒冬hán dōngcold winter
• 春夏秋冬chūn xià qiū dōngthe four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
• 过冬guò dōngto get through the winter
• 初冬chū dōngearly winter
• 严冬yán dōngsevere winter
• 入冬rù dōngwinter sets in
• 隆冬lóng dōngmidwinter; the depth of winter
• 立冬Lì dōngLidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-21st November
• 越冬yuè dōngto pass the winter; to overwinter; to live through the winter
• 暖冬nuǎn dōngwarm winter; mild winter
• 丁冬dīng dōng(onomatopoeia) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound
• 冷冬lěng dōngcold winter
• 季冬jì dōngfinal month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)
• 忍冬rěn dōnghoneysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• 收冬shōu dōngharvest season; autumn
• 款冬kuǎn dōngcoltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), plant in sunflower family Asteracae used a cough…
• 麦冬mài dōngdwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM
• 亚冬会Yà dōng huìAsian Winter Games
• 天门冬tiān mén dōngasparagus
• 核冬天hé dōng tiānnuclear winter
• 波塞冬Bō sài dōngPoseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology
• 乌冬面wū dōng miànudon noodles
• 艾冬花ài dōng huācoltsfoot flower (used in TCM); Flos Farfarae
• 麦门冬mài mén dōngdwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM

Characters that look like 冬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 年niányear
• 各gèeach; every
• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
• 齐qíneat; even; level with
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 牟móubarley; to moo; to seek or obtain

Sounds the same

Read dōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 东east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 咚(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 氡radon (chemistry)
• 鸫thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
• 崠name of a mountain
• 涷rainstorm
• 岽place name in Guangxi province
• 𬟽used in 䗖𬟽dì dōng