Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄉㄧㄥ dīng
Cantoneseding1
Taiwaneseting
- Meaning
- male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
- Kangxi Radical
- 一 · 2 strokes
Common words
- 丁卯dīng mǎofourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
- 家丁jiā dīng(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
- 拉丁lā dīngLatin; (in former times) to press-gang
- 人丁rén dīngnumber of people in a family; population
- 丁香dīng xiānglilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
- 補丁bǔ dingpatch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch
- 壯丁zhuàng dīngable-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)
- 沙丁魚shā dīng yúsardine (loanword)
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