丁

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

dīng ㄉㄧㄥ

    • male adult
    • the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 tiāngān
    • fourth (used like "4" or "D")
    • small cube of meat or vegetable
    • to encounter

      literary

    • ancient Chinese compass point: 195°

      archaic

    • butyl

      chemistry

    • surname Ding

Other words read dīng

In the same tone

  • 盯 dīng watch attentively
  • 钉 dīng nail
  • 叮 dīng sting or bite
  • 町 dīng (used in place names)
  • 玎 dīng jingling

All 10 words read dīng

ding with other tones

  • 定 dìng fix
  • 顶 dǐng apex
  • 订 dìng agree
  • 鼎 dǐng pot
  • 锭 dìng spindle

All 20 words read ding in any tone

Other words read dīng

In the same tone

  • 盯 dīng watch attentively
  • 釘 dīng nail
  • 叮 dīng sting or bite
  • 町 dīng (used in place names)
  • 玎 dīng jingling

All 10 words read dīng

ding with other tones

  • 定 dìng fix
  • 頂 dǐng apex
  • 訂 dìng agree
  • 鼎 dǐng pot
  • 錠 dìng spindle

All 20 words read ding in any tone

How 丁 is written

    部首 radical
    一
    笔画 strokes
    2, with 1 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    独体字

    Words with 丁

    Starting with 丁

    • 丁汝昌 dīngrǔchāng Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy
    • 丁卯 dīngmǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
    • 丁香 dīngxiāng lilac
    • 丁基 dīngjī butyl group
    • 丁玲 dīnglíng Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" 太阳照在桑干河上 tàiyángzhàozàisānggānhéshàng, persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"

    All 49 words starting with 丁

    Ending with 丁

    • 马丁 mǎdīng Martin
    • 家丁 jiādīng servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
    • 拉丁 lādīng Latin
    • 武丁 wǔdīng Wu Ding (c. 1250–1192 BC), Shang dynasty king known from oracle bone inscriptions
    • 人丁 réndīng population

    All 53 words ending with 丁

    Containing 丁

    All 42 words containing 丁

    Words with 丁

    Starting with 丁

    • 丁汝昌 dīngrǔchāng Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy
    • 丁卯 dīngmǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
    • 丁香 dīngxiāng lilac
    • 丁基 dīngjī butyl group
    • 丁玲 dīnglíng Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" 太阳照在桑干河上 tàiyángzhàozàisānggānhéshàng, persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"

    All 49 words starting with 丁

    Ending with 丁

    • 馬丁 mǎdīng Martin
    • 家丁 jiādīng servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
    • 拉丁 lādīng Latin
    • 武丁 wǔdīng Wu Ding (c. 1250–1192 BC), Shang dynasty king known from oracle bone inscriptions
    • 人丁 réndīng population

    All 53 words ending with 丁

    Containing 丁

    All 42 words containing 丁

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