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dèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dèng | deng4
English translation
to open (one's eyes) wide
to stare at
to glare at

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About dèng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

dèng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of dèng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目登

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dēng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dèng

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尼克松 Ní kè sōng yòng shǒu zhǐ zhāo 目瞪口呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi de 赖特 Lài tè shuì : “ 怎么样 zěnmeyàng , 比尔 Bǐ ěr , 同意 tóngyì le ? ”

Nixon pointed his finger at the startled Fulbright and said, " OK, Bill, agreed? "

走近 zǒu jìn de 办公桌, jiù dèng .

She glares at me if I go near her desk.

miàn 无表情 wú biǎo qíng de dèng zhāo 面前 miàn qián de 砖墙.

She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.

Xiàng qián zǒu le 一两,仇恨 chóu hèn de 目光 mùguāng dèng zhāo 敌人 dírén .

She advanced a step or two and glared hate at the enemy.

不要 bù yào 那么 nà me dèng zhāo , 本该受到 shòudào 训斥 xùn chì de .

Don't glare at me like that, you deserved the scolding.

Words with dèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dèng to stare at dèng
目瞪口呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi stunned目瞪口呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi
瞪眼 dèng yǎn to stare瞪眼 dèng yǎn
干瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly乾瞪眼
吹胡子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn to get angry吹鬍子瞪眼
迷瞪 mí dèng puzzled迷瞪 mí dèng
直瞪瞪 zhí dèng dèng to stare blankly直瞪瞪 zhí dèng dèng
直眉瞪眼 zhí méi dèng yǎn to stare angrily or vacantly直眉瞪眼 zhí méi dèng yǎn

dèng Decomposition & Compounds

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dèng Decomposition

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