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  *東* | 東* | *東
surname Dong
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  *東* | 東* | *東
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
Jinping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
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  *動* | 動* | *動
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词, verb
HSK 1
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Majiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
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  *懂* | 懂* | *懂
to understand / to comprehend
HSK 2
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
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  *盾* | 盾* | *盾
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
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  *冬* | 冬* | *冬
winter
Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
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  *棟* | 棟* | *棟
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
HSK 7-9
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past
people of the Dong ethnic minority
Jianhe, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Rongjiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
Liping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, in Liuzhou City 柳州市, Guangxi
Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洞* | 洞* | *洞
cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
(onom.) ding dong
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  *湩* | 湩* | *湩
milk / sound of a drum
Cengong, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
Danzhai, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) / fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
Yuping Dong Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
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  *蝀* | 蝀* | *蝀
Huangping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
Sansui, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Leishan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丼* | 丼* | *丼
(Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
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  *咚* | 咚* | *咚
(onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door)
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
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  *恫* | 恫* | *恫
frighten
Shibing, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *董* | 董* | *董
surname Dong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *董* | 董* | *董
to supervise / to direct / director
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  *崠* | 崠* | *崠
name of a mountain
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腖* | 腖* | *腖
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胴* | 胴* | *胴
large intestine / torso
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
Vietnamese dong (currency)
Kaili, a county-level city in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Taijiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
Congjiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侗* | 侗* | *侗
Dong ethnic group (aka Kam people)
Tianzhu, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *峒* | 峒* | *峒
cave / cavern
Dong'an, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市, Hunan
Dong opera
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  *噹* | 噹* | *噹
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
HSK 2
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  *垌* | 垌* | *垌
field / farm / used in place names
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  *氡* | 氡* | *氡
radon (chemistry)
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  *凍* | 凍* | *凍
to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly
HSK 5
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  *涷* | 涷* | *涷
rainstorm
Zhenyuan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *崬* | 崬* | *崬
place name in Guangxi province
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  *鶇* | 鶇* | *鶇
thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
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  *鼕* | 鼕* | *鼕
surname Dong
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  *鼕* | 鼕* | *鼕
(onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat
Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
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  *硐* | 硐* | *硐
variant of / cave / pit


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