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咚

dōng

Character

What 咚 means

1. onomatopoeiaboom (of a drum)
2. knock (on the door)

Words starting with 咚

• 咚咚dōng dōng(onomatopoeia) thud; thumping; thudding

Words containing 咚

• 咕咚gū dōngsplash; (onomatopoeia) for heavy things falling down
• 叮咚dīng dōng(onomatopoeia) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound
• 壁咚bì dōng(slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall…
• 黑咕隆咚hēi gu lōng dōngpitch-black; pitch-dark

Characters built on 冬

These share the phonetic component 冬 (dōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 氡dōngradon (chemistry)
• 佟Tóngsurname Tong
• 柊zhōngused in 柊叶
• 螽zhōng(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado

Characters that look like 咚

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

• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…
• 咯gē(phonetic)
• 呤língused in 呤呤
• 佟Tóngsurname Tong
• 哞mōumoo (sound made by cow)

Sounds the same

Read dōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 东east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 冬winter
• 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