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洞
dòng
1. cave
2. hole
3. zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
4. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

洞
dòng
cave, grotto, hole, ravine
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

冰洞
bīngdòng
hole in ice
凹洞
āodòng
cavity
地洞
dìdòng
a dug-out
坑洞
kēngdòng
hole
山洞
shāndòng
cavern
打洞
dǎdòng
to punch a hole
挖洞
wādòng
to dig a hole
洞口
Dòngkǒu
Dongkou county in Shaoyang [[邵陽|邵阳<Shàoyáng>]], Hunan
洞口
dòngkǒu
cave mouth
洞天
dòngtiān
paradise
洞子
dòngzi
cave
洞孔
dòngkǒng
hole
洞察
dòngchá
to see clearly
洞府
dòngfǔ
cave dwelling
洞悉
dòngxī
to clearly understand
洞房
dòngfáng
secret inner room
洞穴
dòngxué
cave
洞穿
dòngchuān
to penetrate
洞窟
dòngkū
a cave
洞见
dòngjiàn
insight

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,014
Word Frequency Rank
2,275 of 84,292

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