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dōng

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dōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dōng | dong1
English translation
onomatopoetic, a thumping sound

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About dōng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

dōng

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of dōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口冬

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

dōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and dōng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dōng

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yòng 指头 zhǐ tou 咚咚 Dōng dong de Lián qiāo zhāo 桌子 zhuōzi .

He beat a tattoo with his fingers on the table.

怒气冲冲 nù qì chōng chōng de 那个 nà ge kōng 机器 jīqì 敲得咚咚 Dōng dong Zhí xiǎng .

He rattled the empty machine spitefully.

音乐 yīnyuè 咚咚 Dōng dong 作响 jiào rén 昏昏欲睡 hūn hūn yù shuì

The music throbbed hypnotically.

我们 wǒmen 漫步 màn bù 经过 jīngguò 泉水 quán shuǐ 叮咚 dīng dōng de 喷泉 pēn quán 芬芳 fēn fāng 四溢 sì yì de 花园 huā yuán

We strolled past tinkling fountains and perfumed gardens.

de xīn 开始 kāishǐ 咚咚 Dōng dong tiào 嘴里 zuǐ lǐ 发干

My heart had started to thud, and my mouth was dry.

Words with dōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dōng boom (of a drum) dōng
叮咚 dīng dōng (onom.) ding dong叮咚 dīng dōng
咚咚 Dōng dong (onom.) thud咚咚 Dōng dong
咕咚 gū dōng splash咕咚 gū dōng
黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng pitch-black黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng

dōng Decomposition & Compounds

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