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鼎

dǐng

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

What 鼎 means

1. ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
2. pot (dialect)
3. to enter upon a period of (classical)
4. Kangxi radical 206
5. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

Example sentences

• 感谢你的鼎力支持。
  Gǎnxiè nǐ de dǐnglì zhīchí.
  Thank you for your strong support.

Words starting with 鼎

• 鼎盛dǐng shèngthriving; flourishing
• 鼎力dǐng lì(honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help
• 鼎助dǐng zhù(honorific) your inestimable assistance; thanks to your help
• 鼎新dǐng xīnto innovate
• 鼎族dǐng zúrich patriarchal family; aristocracy
• 鼎立dǐng lìlit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod; tripartite confrontation or balance of…
• 鼎足dǐng zúlit. the three legs of a tripod; fig. three competing rivals
• 鼎革dǐng géchange of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
• 鼎食dǐng shíextravagant food
• 鼎鼎dǐng dǐnggreat; very important
• 鼎城区Dǐng chéng QūDingcheng, a district of Changde City 常德市
• 鼎泰丰Dǐng tài fēngDin Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
• 鼎湖区Dǐng hú QūDinghu, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇庆市
• 鼎盛期dǐng shèng qīgolden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity
• 鼎力相助dǐng lì xiāng zhùWe are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
• 鼎盛时期dǐng shèng shí qīflourishing period; golden age
• 鼎足之势dǐng zú zhī shìcompetition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation
• 鼎鼎大名dǐng dǐng dà míngfamous; celebrated
• 鼎沸dǐng fèia confused noise; a racket
• 鼎峙dǐng zhì(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation
• 鼎铛玉石dǐng chēng yù shílit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom)…
• 鼎城Dǐng chéngsee 鼎城区
• 鼎湖Dǐng húsee 鼎湖区

Words containing 鼎

• 大名鼎鼎dà míng dǐng dǐnggrand reputation; renowned; famous
• 人声鼎沸rén shēng dǐng fèilit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha
• 问鼎wèn dǐngto aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
• 定鼎dìng dǐnglit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital…
• 福鼎市Fú dǐng ShìFuding, a county-level city in Ningde City 宁德市
• 钟鼎文zhōng dǐng wénbell-cauldron script; the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
• 问鼎中原wèn dǐng Zhōng yuánto plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
• 问鼎轻重wèn dǐng qīng zhònglit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom)…
• 春秋鼎盛chūn qiū dǐng shèngthe prime of one's life
• 染指于鼎rǎn zhǐ yú dǐnglit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie…
• 钟鸣鼎食zhōng míng dǐng shíextravagant lifestyle
• 革故鼎新gé gù dǐng xīnto discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
• 香火鼎盛xiāng huǒ dǐng shèng(of a temple) teeming with worshippers
• 民怨鼎沸mín yuàn dǐng fèiseething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
• 刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huòknife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture
• 九鼎Jiǔ Dǐngthe Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
• 一言九鼎yī yán jiǔ dǐngone word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
• 三权鼎立sān quán dǐng lìseparation of powers
• 三足鼎立sān zú dǐng lì(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
• 福鼎Fú dǐngsee 福鼎市

Characters built on 目

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

• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 盯dīngto watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at
• 瞑míngto close (the eyes)
• 眳míngspace between the eyebrows and the eyelashes

Characters that look like 鼎

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

• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 愚yúto be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read dǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顶apex; crown of the head; top
• 酊used in 酩酊

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǐng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.