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dīng

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English Definition	fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fourth in order; letter "D" or Roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; butyl; cubes (of food); (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	丁
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	dīng
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄉㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	ding¹
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Topical Word Lists	Part of food/preparation/cutting Part of religion/mysticism/10 heavenly stems Part of society/family/Chinese surnames
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=7 TOCFL=6

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Words With Same Head Word
丁丁	dīngdīng	Tintin, cartoon character
丁香	dīngxiāng	lilac (Syringia vulgaris); clove (Eugenia aromatica)
丁磊	dīnglěi	Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase 网易
丁玲	dīnglíng	Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party
丁宁	dīngníng	variant of 叮嚀

Words With Same Tail Word
丁丁	dīngdīng	Tintin, cartoon character
布丁	bùdīng	pudding (loanword)
马丁	mǎdīng	Martin (name)
拉丁	lādīng	Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
尼古丁	ní gǔ dīng	nicotine (loanword)

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