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丁
Dīng
1. surname Ding
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 2 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

丁
dīng
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
HSK 6 2 丶

Compound Words (20)

鸡丁
jīdīng
diced chicken meat
亚丁
Yàdīng
Aden
几丁
jīdīng
chitin
补丁
bǔding
patch (for mending clothes, tires etc)
丁忧
dīngyōu
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
丁丑
dīngchǒu
fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
布丁
bùdīng
pudding (loanword)
新丁
xīndīng
new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)
肉丁
ròudīng
diced meat
零丁
língdīng
variant of [[伶仃<língdīng>]]
但丁
Dàndīng
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy [[神曲]]
奥丁
Àodīng
Odin (god in Norse mythology)
丁巳
dīngsì
fifty fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
丁基
DīngJī
Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen [[李百岑]], journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution
丁基
dīngjī
butyl group (chemistry)
家丁
jiādīng
(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
丁亥
dīnghài
twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
丁克
dīngkè
Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
拉丁
lādīng
Latin
武丁
WǔDīng
Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty

Alternate Entries

丁
dīng
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems [[十天干<shítiāngān>]] / fourth in order / letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / butyl / cubes (of food)
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,167
Word Frequency Rank
974 of 84,292