丁 - dīng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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丁

dīng

Definition

cube (of food)
phonetic component
man
members (of a family)
(person) occupation
fourth (in order)
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
butyl

Character Decomposition

Compounds (31)

打

dǎ

to break; to play (a game); to hit; to strike; to knock; to smash; to beat; to fight; to attack; to kick; to build; to shoot; to call (someone); to deal (with somebody or something); to type; to mix up; to fetch; to make

dozen (loanword)

can; may; able (to); to be willing (to); to allow; to approve; to permit; but; yet; however; about; very; phonetic component; particle used for emphasis

see 可汗

apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier (for headwear, hats, veils etc); measure word

lamp; lantern; light

peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)

宁

nìng

would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]

订

dìng

to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to arrange; to subscribe (to a newspaper etc); to order; to book; to make corrections; to revise

厅

tīng

hall (for receptions, concerts, meetings, receiving guests, etc.); living room; office; provincial government department

亭

tíng

pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect

(archaic) I; me

to give

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to watch attentively; to keep eyes (on); to fix one's attention on

钉

dìng

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on

汀

tīng

sandbar; shoal; sandbank

叮

dīng

to sting (of mosquitoes, bees etc); to bite (of mosquitos, bees, etc).; to ask again (to make sure); to urge insistently; to say repeatedly (to persist); to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound

町

dīng

(used in place names)

亍

chù

step with the right foot; see 彳亍

tincture (loanword)

intoxicated

jingling; tinkling

alone

raised path between fields

boil; carbuncle

see 耵聹|耵聍, earwax; cerumen

帄

dīng

patch (for mending clothes)

see 虰蛵

to cobble; to patch

to bump

display food for show only; sacrifice

Related words (66)

丁丑

dīng chǒu

fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057

丁亥

dīng hài

twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067

丁冬

dīng dōng

(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound

丁卯

dīng mǎo

fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047

丁基

dīng jī

butyl group (chemistry)

see 丁克

fifty fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037

丁忧

dīng yōu

(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

丁未

dīng wèi

forty fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027

tiny bit

butene or butylene C4H8

butane

tetrose (CH20)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms

丁艰

dīng jiān

(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

丁酉

dīng yǒu

thirty fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017

丁醇

dīng chún

butanol; butyl alcohol C4H9OH

丁醛

dīng quán

butyraldehyde; butanal

丁香

dīng xiāng

clove (Eugenia aromatica); lilac (Syringia vulgaris)

tench (Tinca tinca)

tench

butadiene C4H6; biethylene

butyl glycol

butyrolactone

thong (underwear)

hammer pick

chopped fried noodles

hepatitis D

double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克)

丁零当啷

dīng ling dāng lāng

ding-a-ling; (onom.) for sound of bell

人丁

rén dīng

number of people in a family; population; (old) adult males; male servants

chitin

(old) member of local militia

gardener

able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)

家丁

jiā dīng

(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc

pudding (loanword)

(of a male) to come of age; an adult male

新丁

xīn dīng

new addition to a family (i.e. a birth); a boy who has just come of age; (in a job etc) newcomer; novice

tangerine

to add a son to the family

suddenly

diced meat

diced chicken meat

a tiny bit; a wee bit

dibutyl ether

suddenly; by surprise

chitin

valitin (plain wool fabric) (loanword)

kart racing

carnitine (loanword) (biochemistry)

nicotine (loanword)

isobutane

butyl ether

sardine (loanword)

lilac

martini (loanword)

illiterate; ignorant

total illiterate; unable to read the simplest characters

宫爆肉丁

gōng bào ròu dīng

stir-fried diced pork

宫爆鸡丁

gōng bào jī dīng

gong bao chicken; spicy diced chicken

柳丁氨醇

liǔ dīng ān chún

albuterol (also known as proventil, salbutamol, ventolin), an asthma drug

neoprene

salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma); also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin

羟基丁酸

qiǎng jī dīng suān

gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, GHB

腰果鸡丁

yāo guǒ jī dīng

chicken with cashew nuts

非拉丁字符

fēi lā dīng zì fú

non-latin letters

Idioms (2)

to burn down (idiom)

(lit.) the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

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