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Dīng

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Dīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dīng | Ding1
English translation
surname Ding
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shí tiān gān [shí tiān gān]
fourth in order
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
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cubes (of food)
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem

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About Dīng

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Number of strokes

2

Traditional form

Dīng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A nail

Etymology of Dīng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

Explanation

Pictograph of a nail, which is now written as dīng .

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Example sentences using Dīng

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Huán 饿 è ,可以 kěyǐ zài yāo xiē 布丁 bù dīng ?

I'm still hungry - can I have some more pudding?

园丁 yuán dīng 修剪 xiū jiǎn ǎi 树丛 shù cóng .

The gardener clipped the shrubbery.

酒杯 jiǔ bēi 丁零 shēng diào zài 地上 dì shang .

The wine glass dropped to the floor with a tinkle.

许多 xǔduō yǒu 尼古丁 ní gǔ dīng yǐn de chōu yān rén 容易 róngyì yān jiè diào .

Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.

zài 论文 lùnwén Zhōng 引用 yǐnyòng le 英国 Yīng guó 诗人 shī rén 丁尼 shēng de háng 诗句 shī jù .

He quotes a few verses from Tennyson in his paper.

Words with Dīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Dīng butyl Dīng
马丁 Mǎ dīng Martin (name)馬丁
拉丁 lā dīng Latin拉丁 lā dīng
布丁 bù dīng pudding (loanword)布丁 bù dīng
拉丁美洲 Lā dīng Měi zhōu Latin America拉丁美洲 Lā dīng Měi zhōu
丁丁 Dīng dīng Tintin, cartoon character丁丁 Dīng dīng
园丁 yuán dīng gardener園丁
拉丁语 Lā dīng yǔ Latin (language)拉丁語
补丁 bǔ ding (software) patch補丁
拉丁文 Lā dīng wén Latin (language)拉丁文 Lā dīng wén
丁香 dīng xiāng lilac (Syringia vulgaris)丁香 dīng xiāng
拉丁舞 Lā dīng wǔ Latin dance拉丁舞 Lā dīng wǔ
尼古丁 ní gǔ dīng nicotine (loanword)尼古丁 ní gǔ dīng
爱丁堡 Aì dīng bǎo Edinburgh, capital of Scotland愛丁堡
沙丁鱼 shā dīng yú sardine (loanword)沙丁魚
奥斯丁 Aò sī dīng Austin, Texas奧斯丁
一丁点 yī dīng diǎn a tiny bit一丁點
诺丁汉 Nuò dīng hàn Nottingham (city in England)諾丁漢
丁磊 Dīng Lěi Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase 網易|网易 Wǎng yì [Wǎng​yì]丁磊 Dīng Lěi
冷不丁 lěng bu dīng suddenly冷不丁 lěng bu dīng
但丁 Dàn dīng Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲 Shén qǔ 但丁 Dàn dīng
亚丁 Yà dīng Aden亞丁

Dīng Decomposition & Compounds

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Dīng Decomposition

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Dīng Compounds

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