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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)

白洞
báidòng
white hole (cosmology)
漏洞
lòudòng
leak
洞穴
dòngxué
cave
洞穿
dòngchuān
to penetrate
洞窟
dòngkū
a cave
溶洞
róngdòng
karst cave
洞见
dòngjiàn
insight
洞鉴
dòngjiàn
to examine deeply
洞开
dòngkāi
to be wide open
洞头
Dòngtóu
Dontou county in Wenzhou [[溫州|温州<Wēnzhōu>]], Zhejiang
涵洞
hándòng
culvert
凹洞
āodòng
cavity
风洞
fēngdòng
wind tunnel
隧洞
suìdòng
tunnel
黑洞
hēidòng
(astronomy) black hole
门洞
méndòng
passageway
钻洞
zuāndòng
to bore
虫洞
chóngdòng
worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)
耳洞
ěrdòng
pierced ear
窑洞
yáodòng
yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)

Metadata

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

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