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dàng

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dàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dàng | dang4
English translation
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out

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About dàng

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

dàng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Hot water  tāng wiping out plant life  cǎo tāng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of dàng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

艹湯

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Words with dàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
震荡 zhèn dàng to shake up震盪
荡妇 dàng fù slut蕩婦
dàng to wash dàng
游荡 yóu dàng to wander遊蕩
淫荡 yín dàng lascivious淫蕩
振荡 zhèn dàng vibration振蕩
动荡 dòngdàng turmoil動蕩
放荡 fàng dàng unconventional放蕩
脑震荡 nǎo zhèn dàng (med.) cerebral concussion腦震盪
扫荡 sǎo dàng to root out掃蕩
空荡荡 kōng dàng dàng complete vacuum空蕩蕩
荡漾 dàng yàng to ripple盪漾
回荡 huí dàng to resound迴盪
晃荡 huàng dang to rock晃蕩
倾家荡产 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom)傾家蕩產
飘荡 piāo dàng to drift飄盪
闯荡 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world闖蕩
浪荡 làng dàng to loiter浪蕩
激荡 jī dàng to rage激蕩
坦荡 tǎn dàng magnanimous坦蕩
荡然无存 dàng rán wú cún to obliterate completely蕩然無存
浩浩荡荡 hào hào dàng dàng grandiose浩浩蕩蕩
荡秋千 dàng qiū qiān to swing (on a swing)盪鞦韆
空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng complete vacuum空空蕩蕩
放荡不羁 fàng dàng bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute放蕩不羈

dàng Decomposition & Compounds

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