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dǐng

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dǐng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǐng | ding3
English translation
top, summit, peak; to carry on the head

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About dǐng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

dǐng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

head

Etymology of dǐng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

丁頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Dīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Dīng represents the sound. Simplified form of dǐng .

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Words with dǐng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dǐng apex dǐng
屋顶 wū dǐng roof屋頂
头顶 tóu dǐng top of the head頭頂
顶尖 dǐng jiān peak頂尖
山顶 shān dǐng hilltop山頂
顶级 dǐng jí top-notch頂級
楼顶 lóu dǐng top of a building樓頂
房顶 fáng dǐng housetop房頂
顶部 dǐng bù roof頂部
透顶 tòu dǐng out-and-out透頂
顶端 dǐng duān summit頂端
顶住 dǐng zhù to withstand頂住
顶峰 dǐng fēng peak頂峰
顶多 dǐng duō at most頂多
顶替 dǐng tì to replace頂替
顶楼 dǐng lóu top floor頂樓
顶层 dǐng céng top floor頂層
车顶 chē dǐng car roof車頂
顶点 dǐng diǎn summit頂點
顶嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back頂嘴
秃顶 tū dǐng bald head禿頂
封顶 fēng dǐng to top off封頂
机顶盒 jī dǐng hé set-top box機頂盒
顶撞 dǐng zhuàng to contradict (elders or superiors)頂撞
尖顶 jiān dǐng cusp尖頂

dǐng Decomposition & Compounds

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