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dòng

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dòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dòng | dong4
English translation
cave
hole
zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
CL:
>[gè]
cave, grotto, hole, ravine

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About dòng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

dòng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of dòng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵同

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

tóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and tóng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dòng

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班夫 de 8高尔夫球 gāo ěr fū qiú dòng shì 世界 shìjiè shǎng zuì bàng 的高尔夫球洞之一 zhī yī .

The eighth at Banff is one of the world's great golf holes.

世事 shì shì 洞明 jiē 学问 xuéwèn , 人情 rén qíng 练达 liàn dá 文章 wénzhāng .

A grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge; an understanding of worldly wisdom is true learning.

它们 tā men de qián zhǎo Huán 可以 kěyǐ yòng 来打 dòng tuō jiào chóng de 树干 shù gàn .

The forepaws are also used for burrowing and for dragging heavier logs.

Shān dòng nèi 回荡 huí dàng zhāo 叫喊 jiào hǎn shēng .

The cave was echoing with shouts.

黎明 límíng de 时候 shíhou , dòng 终于 zhōngyú 合拢 hé lǒng le .

At dawn, the breach was closed at last.

Words with dòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dòng cave dòng
漏洞 lòu dòng leak漏洞 lòu dòng
洞穴 dòng xué cave洞穴 dòng xué
黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole黑洞 hēi dòng
山洞 shān dòng cavern山洞 shān dòng
空洞 kōngdòng cavity空洞 kōngdòng
洞口 Dòng kǒu cave mouth洞口 Dòng kǒu
洞察力 dòng chá lì insight洞察力 dòng chá lì
洞察 dòng chá to see clearly洞察 dòng chá
防空洞 fáng kōng dòng air-raid shelter防空洞 fáng kōng dòng
洞悉 dòng xī to clearly understand洞悉 dòng xī
地洞 dì dòng tunnel地洞 dì dòng
溶洞 róng dòng karst cave溶洞 róng dòng
洞庭湖 Dòng tíng Hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province洞庭湖 Dòng tíng Hú
漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū
洞房 dòng fáng bridal room洞房 dòng fáng
无底洞 wú dǐ dòng bottomless pit無底洞
窑洞 yáo dòng CL: Kǒng [kǒng]窯洞
洞窟 dòng kū a cave洞窟 dòng kū
洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling洞府 dòng fǔ
门洞 mén dòng passageway門洞
龙洞 lóng dòng cave龍洞
涵洞 hán dòng culvert涵洞 hán dòng
洞穿 dòng chuān to penetrate洞穿 dòng chuān

dòng Decomposition & Compounds

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dòng Decomposition

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dòng Compounds

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