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町

dīng

Character

What 町 means

1. (used in place names)

Other readings

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

• tǐngraised path between fields

Example sentences

• 火车将经过元町站。
  Huǒchē jiāng jīngguò yuán dīng zhàn.
  The train will pass Motomachi Station.
• 昨天我居然从新宿站走到了神保町！
  Zuótiān wǒ jūrán cóng Xīnsù zhàn zǒu dào le shén bǎo dīng!
  I actually ended up walking all the way from Shinjuku Station to Jimbocho yesterday!
• 他第一次来台北，就指名要去西门町逛街。
  The first time he came to Taipei, he specifically wanted to go shopping in Ximending.
• 许多外国观光客都把西门町列为台北必访景点之一。
  Many foreign tourists consider Ximending one of the must-visit spots in Taipei.

Words containing 町

• 室町Shì tǐngMuromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
• 大麦町dà mài tǐngDalmatian (dog breed)
• 西门町Xī mén dīngXimending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)
• 室町幕府Shì tǐng mù fǔMuromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns

Sounds the same

Read dīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丁male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干; fourth (used like "4" or "D")
• 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
• 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