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dàng

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dàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dàng | dang4
English translation
quarry; cave dwelling; to put someone off

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About dàng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

dàng

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

A tunnel  gài made in stone  Shí

Etymology of dàng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

宀石

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Example sentences using dàng

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yǒu 好多年 duì 夫妻 fū qī 跌宕起伏 de 关系 guānxi 总是 zǒngshì 登上 dēng shàng 报纸 bàozhǐ 头条 Tóu tiáo

For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines.

艾伦 de 一生 yī shēng 跌宕起伏蹲过多次 duō cì 大牢 dà láo

Alan had led a very chequered past and had been to prison lots of times.

Words with dàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dàng put off dàng
跌宕 diē dàng uninhibited跌宕 diē dàng
延宕 yán dàng to postpone延宕 yán dàng
宕昌 Dàng chāng Dangchang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南 Lǒng nán [Lǒng​nán], Gansu宕昌 Dàng chāng
宕昌县 Dàng chāng xiàn Dangchang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南 Lǒng nán [Lǒng​nán], Gansu宕昌縣
推宕 tuī dàng to postpone推宕 tuī dàng
拖宕 tuō dàng to delay拖宕 tuō dàng
跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng free跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng

dàng Decomposition & Compounds

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