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dòng

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dòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dòng | dong4
English translation
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
ridge-beam; the main support of a house

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About dòng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

dòng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of dòng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木东

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Dōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Dōng represents the sound. Simplified form of dòng .

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Example sentences using dòng

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shuì dòng Xīn 建筑 jiànzhù 只是 zhǐ shì 仿 fǎng 古典 gǔdiǎn 传统 chuántǒng .

He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.

wèi 摄影师 shè yǐng shī 电灯 diàn dēng de 保险丝 bǎo xiǎn sī shāo duàn le , 使 shǐ zhěng dòng 房子 fáng zi 陷于 xiàn yú 黑暗 hēi àn 当中 dāng zhōng .

A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.

jiù suǒ zhī ,拥有 yōngyǒu Sān dòng 房子 fáng zi , 而且 érqiě Néng 拥有 yōngyǒu gēng duō .

To my knowledge he owns three houses, and he may own more.

家乡 jiāxiāng de dòng 房屋 fáng wū 保留 bǎoliú zhāo .

He is keeping on the house in his hometown.

西班牙 Xī bān yá 领事馆 lǐngshìguǎn shì 银行 yínháng 对面 duìmiàn de 那栋高大 gāo dà de 白色 bái sè 建筑物 jiàn zhù wù .

The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.

Words with dòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dòng ridgepole (old) dòng
栋梁 dòng liáng ridgepole棟梁
雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng richly ornamented (building)雕梁畫棟
吴作栋 Wú Zuò dòng Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004吳作棟
汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books汗牛充棟

dòng Decomposition & Compounds

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dòng Decomposition

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