动 (動) dòng

1. dòng verb to move
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, the idiom 风吹草动 when the wind blows the grass moves (CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 1; Kroll 2015 '動' 1, p. 90; NCCED '动' 1, p. 388; Unihan '動'; XHZD '动' 1, p. 155)
2. dòng verb to make happen; to change
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '動' 2, p. 90; NCCED '动' 2, p. 388; XHZD '动' 3, p. 156)
3. dòng verb to start
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 动工 start work (Guoyu '動' v 3; XHZD '动' 5, p. 156)
4. dòng verb to act
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '动' 3, p. 388; XHZD '动' 1, p. 156)
5. dòng verb to touch; to prod; to stir; to stimulate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, '惊心动魄 'to surprise the heart and move the soul' (CCI p. 38; CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 4; Kroll 2015 '動' 1a, p. 90; NCCED '动' 5, p. 388; XHZD '动' 4, p. 156)
6. dòng adjective movable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '动' 8, p. 388; XHZD '动' 1, p. 155)
7. dòng verb to use
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 使用 (CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 2; NCCED '动' 4, p. 388)
8. dòng adverb signalling a result
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '動' adv 2; XHZD '动' 7, p. 156)
9. dòng bound form movement
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '動' 1, p. 90; XHZD '动' 2, p. 156)
10. dòng adverb often
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 动 is synonymous with 常常 (Guoyu '動' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '動' 3, p. 90; NCCED '动' 7, p. 388; XHZD '动' 6, p. 156)
11. dòng verb to eat
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 吃 (CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 5; NCCED '动' 6, p. 388)
12. dòng verb to revolt; to rebel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '動' 4, p. 90)

Contained in

• 环节动物(環節動物) annelid (worm)
• 新纪元运动(新紀元運動) New Age Movement
• 充电式电动车辆(充電式電動車輛) plug-in electric vehicle
• 掌声雷动(掌聲雷動) thunderous applause
• 搅动(攪動) to mix; to stir ; to disturb ; to prod [a farm animal]
• 波动(波動) to undulate; to fluctuate ; wave movement
• 电动机(電動機) an electric motor
• 心动女(心動女) the girl of your dreams
• 主动语态(主動語態) active voice
• 文化运动(文化運動) cultural movement
• 动心怵目(動心怵目) to feel so shaken that one is afraid to look
• 案兵不动(案兵不動) to hold back the troops and stay put
• 悸动(悸動) to pound; to throb in fear
• 诱动(誘動) to tempt; to seduce
• 劳动保险(勞動保險) labor insurance
• 推动力(推動力) driving force
• 岛国动作片(島國動作片) euphemism for Japanese action movie
• 震动力(震動力) force of seismic wave
• 解放运动(解放運動) liberation movement
• 动荡(動蕩) to be turbulent ; turmoil; upheaval; unrest
• 动态图形(動態圖形) animated graphics; animation
• 往复运动(往復運動) backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump); reciprocating motion
• 电动葫芦(電動葫蘆) electric chain pulley block
• 注意力不足过动症(注意力不足過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 天平动(天平動) libration
• 冠状动脉旁路移植手术(冠狀動脈旁路移植手術) coronary bypass operation
• 动如脱兔(動如脫兔) to move as fast as a rabbit
• 浮动汇率制(浮動匯率制) floating exchange rate
• 一切反动派都是纸老虎(一切反動派都是紙老虎) all reactionaries are paper tigers
• 动态雕塑(動態雕塑) (fine arts) a mobile
• 自动挡(自動擋) automatic transmission; auto gear shift
• 动能(動能) kinetic energy ; willpower; determination
• 军事行动(軍事行動) military operation
• 刚体转动(剛體轉動) rigid rotation
• 劝动(勸動) to incite
• 注意力缺陷过动症(注意力缺陷過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 地动(地動) earthquake
• 草食性动物(草食性動物) herbivore
• 原生动物(原生動物) protozoan
• 不为所动(不為所動) to remain unmoved
• 活动家(活動家) activist
• 体操运动员(體操運動員) gymnast
• 撩动(撩動) to stir up; to provoke
• 慢动作(慢動作) slow motion
• 动魄(動魄) shocking; shattering

Also contained in

动态随机存取存储器 、 护国运动 、 动物农场 、 计算机动画 、 抗日救亡运动 、 五卅运动

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 40
• 《樂書》 Music Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 28
• 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 24
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 《樂記》 Record of Music The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 22
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 18
• 卷十九 修文 Chapter 19: Cultivation and Education Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 17

Collocations

• 动众 (動眾) 不可以起兵動眾 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
• 凡动 (凡動) 凡言凡動 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 貴義 Book 12 - Esteem for Righteousness — count: 4
• 动威 (動威) 今天動威 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 4
• 君子动 (君子動) 是故君子動則思禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 曰动 (曰動) 曰動悔 — Book of Changes 易經, 困 Kun — count: 3
• 情动 (情動) 情動於中而形於言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 一动 (一動) 一動而失二禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
• 动悔 (動悔) 曰動悔 — Book of Changes 易經, 困 Kun — count: 2
• 动天下 (動天下) 是動天下之兵也 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 2
• 动慎 (動慎) 動慎十號 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2