洞

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

dòng ㄉㄨㄥˋ

    • cave
    • hole
    • zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

Classifiers (measure words)

cave

Usually

Less often

hole

Other words read dòng

In the same tone

  • 动 dòng move
  • 冻 dòng freeze
  • 栋 dòng ridgepole
  • 侗 dòng Dong ethnic group
  • 硐 dòng cave

All 12 words read dòng

dong with other tones

  • 东 dōng east
  • 懂 dǒng understand
  • 冬 dōng winter
  • 董 dǒng supervise
  • 咚 dōng boom

All 22 words read dong in any tone

Other words read dòng

In the same tone

  • 動 dòng move
  • 凍 dòng freeze
  • 棟 dòng ridgepole
  • 侗 dòng Dong ethnic group
  • 硐 dòng cave

All 12 words read dòng

dong with other tones

  • 東 dōng east
  • 懂 dǒng understand
  • 冬 dōng winter
  • 董 dǒng supervise
  • 咚 dōng boom

All 22 words read dong in any tone

How 洞 is written

    部首 radical
    氵 a form of 水
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    氵同
    形旁 meaning
    氵
    声旁 sound
    同

    Words with 洞

    Starting with 洞

    • 洞庭湖 dòngtínghú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
    • 洞口 dòngkǒu cave mouth
    • 洞穴 dòngxué cave
    • 洞窟 dòngkū cave
    • 洞开 dòngkāi be wide open

    All 25 words starting with 洞

    Ending with 洞

    • 门洞 méndòng passageway
    • 山洞 shāndòng cavern
    • 张之洞 zhāngzhīdòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
    • 窑洞 yáodòng yaodong
    • 漏洞 lòudòng leak

    All 52 words ending with 洞

    Containing 洞

    • 吕洞宾 lǚdòngbīn Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 bāxiān
    • 洪洞县 hóngtóngxiàn Hongtong, a county in Linfen City 临汾市 línfénshì, Shanxi
    • 漏洞百出 lòudòngbǎichū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws
    • 别有洞天 biéyǒudòngtiān completely different world
    • 闹洞房 nàodòngfáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room

    All 8 words containing 洞

    Words with 洞

    Starting with 洞

    • 洞庭湖 dòngtínghú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
    • 洞口 dòngkǒu cave mouth
    • 洞穴 dòngxué cave
    • 洞窟 dòngkū cave
    • 洞開 dòngkāi be wide open

    All 25 words starting with 洞

    Ending with 洞

    • 門洞 méndòng passageway
    • 山洞 shāndòng cavern
    • 張之洞 zhāngzhīdòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
    • 窯洞 yáodòng yaodong
    • 漏洞 lòudòng leak

    All 52 words ending with 洞

    Containing 洞

    • 呂洞賓 lǚdòngbīn Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 bāxiān
    • 洪洞縣 hóngtóngxiàn Hongtong, a county in Linfen City 临汾市 línfénshì, Shanxi
    • 漏洞百出 lòudòngbǎichū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws
    • 別有洞天 biéyǒudòngtiān completely different world
    • 鬧洞房 nàodòngfáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room

    All 8 words containing 洞

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