丁 dīng

1. dīng proper noun Ding
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '丁' n 7)
2. dīng noun a cube; a square
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Especially cubes of food in Chinese dishes (Guoyu '丁' n 6)
3. dīng noun fourth heavenly stem
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '丁' n 1; Kroll 2015 '丁' 3, p. 89; Unihan '丁')
4. dīng noun a nail; shape like a nail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As an archaic variant of 钉 or something inthe shape of the character 丁 (Han Dian '丁' n 2; Kroll 2015 '丁' 4, p. 89)
5. dīng noun a male adult
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '丁' n 3; Kroll 2015 '丁' 1a, p. 89; Unihan '丁')
6. dīng noun a servant; a worker
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 园丁 'gardener' or 家丁 'servant' (Guoyu '丁' n 5)
7. dīng adjective robust; vigorous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '丁' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '丁' 1, p. 89; Unihan '丁')
8. dīng noun the fourth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: After 甲, 乙, and 丙 (Guoyu '丁' n 2)
9. dīng noun a person; population
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 人 or 人口; for example, 帮丁 'helper' (Guoyu '丁' n 4)
10. dīng verb to encounter; to suffer
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: To encounter adversity or something unpleasant; for example, 丁外艰 'suffer the loss of one's father' (Guoyu '丁' v; Kroll 2015 '丁' 2, p. 89)
11. dīng adjective very small; very little
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 极小 or 极少 (Guoyu '丁' adj 2)

Contained in

• 卡丁车(卡丁車) kart racing
• 丁丑 Ding Zhou year
• 丁巳 fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle
• 丁艰罚(丁艱罰) suffer a difficult punishment
• 不知丁董 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong; unheeding the lessons of the past
• 丁型肝炎 hepatitis D
• 柳丁 orange
• 正丁醚 butyl ether
• 拉丁文字 the alphabet; latin letters
• 圣文森和格林纳丁(聖文森和格林納丁) St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles
• 马丁尼(馬丁尼) martini
• 丙丁 fire element
• 家丁 servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
• 拉丁美洲 Latin America
• 几丁(幾丁) chitin
• 丁字街 T-junction
• 奥斯丁(奧斯丁) Austin or Austen (name) / Austin, Texas
• 丁香 clove ; lilac ; tip of a woman's tongue ; a button
• 丁鱥(丁鱥) tench (Tinca tinca)
• 沙丁胺醇 salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma)
• 拉丁教会(拉丁教會) Latin Church; Roman Catholic Church
• 丁冬 ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound
• 紫丁香 lilac
• 丁字步 T-step
• 非拉丁字符 non-Latin characters
• 单丁(單丁) only son ; merely; simply; only ; alone
• 猛丁 suddenly
• 丁未 forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle
• 马丁·路德(馬丁·路德) Martin Luther
• 丁字梁 T-girder
• 补丁(補丁) patch
• 岁惟丁卯(歲惟丁卯) the year is now the fourth in the cycle
• 丁丁 sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc
• 氯丁橡胶(氯丁橡膠) neoprene
• 羟基丁酸(羥基丁酸) gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, GHB
• 不识一丁(不識一丁) total illiterate; unable to read the simplest characters
• 丁卯 fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle
• 丁忧(丁憂) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
• 沙丁鱼(沙丁魚) sardine ; overcrowded

Also contained in

亚丁 、 丁卯胡乱 、 扎马剌丁 、 萨拉丁 、 丁玲 、 亚丁湾 、 丁韪良 、 垦丁国家公园 、 丁青县 、 马丁路德 、 丁盐钱 、 丁家卢

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• 卷三十六　志第六:　兵衞志下 Volume 36 Treatises 6: Military 3 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 142
• 卷一百九十一 志第一百四十四 兵五 Volume 191 Treatises 144: Military 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 81
• 卷一百九十二 志第一百四十五 兵六 Volume 192 Treatises 145: Military 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 55
• 卷九十八　志第四十六: 　兵一 Volume 98 Treatises 51: Military 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 46
• 卷九十七下 外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 39
• 卷一百十二　表第六上: 宰相年表一 Volume 112 Tables 7: Chancellors 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 30
• 卷七十八 志第五十四 食貨二 Volume 78 Treatises 54: Finance and Economics 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 30
• 卷三十五　志第五:　兵衞志中 Volume 35 Treatises 5: Military 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 28
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 27

Collocations

• 丁公 (丁公) 徼福於大公丁公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 26
• 丁壮 (丁壯) 丈夫丁壯而不耕 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 13
• 丁明 (丁明) 封舅丁明為陽安侯 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十一 哀帝紀 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai — count: 7
• 侯丁 (侯丁) 敬侯丁復元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 7
• 丁立 (丁立) 子報丁立 — Xunzi 荀子, 成相篇第二十五 Chapter 25: Working Songs — count: 6
• 沃丁 (沃丁) 沃丁既葬伊尹于亳 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 咸有一德 Shang Shu - Common Possession of Pure Virtue — count: 6
• 丁浪 (丁浪) 丁浪反 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 5
• 丁氏 (丁氏) 衛人翦夏丁氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 母丁 (母丁) 母丁反 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 5
• 丁崩 (丁崩) 沃丁崩 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin — count: 5