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

• 非利不动(非利不動) do not move unless it is to your advantage
• 轰动效应(轟動效應) sensational effect; wild reaction
• 诱动(誘動) to tempt; to seduce
• 运动家(運動家) athlete; sportsman; activist
• 警匪动作电影(警匪動作電影) cops and robbers action movie
• 心动(心動) heartbeat; heart rate; (fig.) emotionally affected; aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)
• 机动(機動) motorized ; adaptable; flexible
• 轰动(轟動) to cause a commotion
• 对抗煸动(對抗煸動) anti-inflammatory
• 移动式电话(移動式電話) mobile telephone
• 野生动植物园(野生動植物園) wildlife park; safari park
• 节足动物(節足動物) arthropod
• 冰上运动(冰上運動) ice-sports
• 传动(傳動) drive (transmission in an engine)
• 元胞自动机(元胞自動機) cellular automaton
• 动植物(動植物) plants and animals; flora and fauna
• 手动挡(手動擋) manual gear change; shift stick
• 注意力不足过动症(注意力不足過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 冠状动脉(冠狀動脈) coronary artery
• 同类相动(同類相動) like kinds attract each other
• 哺乳动物(哺乳動物) a mammal
• 电动机(電動機) an electric motor
• 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋(老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋) If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)
• 动态雕塑(動態雕塑) (fine arts) a mobile
• 发动力(發動力) motive power
• 长跑运动员(長跑運動員) long distance runner
• 扇动(扇動) to fan; to flap; to incite; to instigate (a strike etc)
• 运动战(運動戰) mobile warfare
• 启动子(啟動子) promoter
• 被动(被動) passive ; passive
• 动机(動機) motive; motivation; intention
• 小动作(小動作) bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship
• 见诸行动(見諸行動) to translate something into action; to put something into action
• 启动(啟動) to start
• 风吹草动(風吹草動) when the wind blows the grass moves
• 流体动力学(流體動力學) fluid dynamics
• 惊天动地(驚天動地) alarming heaven and shaking the earth; world shaking
• 萌动(萌動) to sprout; (fig.) to emerge
• 朝劳动党(朝勞動黨) Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
• 流动率(流動率) turnover (of staff)
• 机动车辆(機動車輛) motor vehicle
• 冠状动脉旁通手术(冠狀動脈旁通手術) coronary bypass operation
• 撼动(撼動) to shake up; to deal a shock; to stir
• 搏动(搏動) to beat rhythmically; to throb; to pulsate
• 动嘴皮(動嘴皮) to move one's lips; to wag one's tongue
• 动力(動力) power; propulsion ; motivation
• 重新启动(重新啟動) to reboot; to restart

Also contained in

轻动词 、 静无忧运动 、 简单动词 、 动物农场

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
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
• 《樂記》 Record of Music The Book of Rites 禮記 — 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
• 动威 (動威) 今天動威 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 4
• 凡动 (凡動) 凡言凡動 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 貴義 Book 12 - Esteem for Righteousness — count: 4
• 情动 (情動) 情動於中而形於言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 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
• 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
• 顺动 (順動) 天地以順動 — Book of Changes 易經, 豫 Yu — count: 2
• 辉动 (輝動) 故德輝動於內 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 2
• 理动 (理動) 故其以理動者 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 2