宕 (dàng): dissipated, put off, used in 宕昌 (the name of a place in Gansu)
宕 (dàng) is a Chinese character meaning “dissipated.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (structural) and 石 (structural). It ranks #3861 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 宕 a tunnel 宀 made in stone 石. Its radical form 宀 (roof) appears in many related characters such as 家 (jiā, home, family), 室 (shì, room), 客 (kè, guest, customer).
Definitions
- dissipated
- put off
- used in 宕昌 (the name of a place in Gansu)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA tunnel 宀 made in stone 石
Decomposition: ⿱宀石 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流宕忘反 | liú dàng wàng fǎn | to stray and forget to return |
| 宕机verb | dàng jī | (of a computer, server etc) to crash |
| 推宕verb | tuī dàng | to postpone |
| 延宕verb | yán dàng | to postpone |
| 偏宕 | piān dàng | extremely (stubborn, contrary, disobedient etc) |
| 拖宕verb | tuō dàng | to delay |
| 宕昌县 | tàn chāng xiàn | Tanchang, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市, Gansu |
| 跌宕adjective | diē dàng | uninhibited |
| 跌宕昭彰 | diē dàng zhāo zhāng | flowing (of prose) |
| 宕昌proper-noun | tàn chāng | see 宕昌縣|宕昌县 |
| 逸宕 | yì dàng | dissolute |
宕 appears in 11 compound words: 27 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
放弃风平浪静的世俗幸福,主动踏上跌宕起伏之路的富士子,又何尝不是摇滚精神的写照。
fàng qì fēng píng làng jìng de shì sú xìng fú , zhǔ dòng tà shàng diē dàng qǐ fú zhī lù de fù shì zǐ , yòu hé cháng bù shì yáo gǔn jīng shén de xiě zhào .
Fujiko, who gave up a peaceful, mundane happiness to willingly embark on a tumultuous journey, is nothing less than the embodiment of the rock-and-roll spirit.
日渐平静的中年,故事还能继续跌宕吗?
rì jiàn píng jìng de zhōng nián , gù shì hái néng jì xù diē dàng ma ?
As middle age grows increasingly calm, can the story still remain full of twists and turns?
跌宕的比赛过程,让年轻球员获得了日常训练难以替代的临场体验。
diē dàng de bǐ sài guò chéng , ràng nián qīng qiú yuán huò dé le rì cháng xùn liàn nán yǐ tì dài de lín chǎng tǐ yàn .
The dramatic course of the game gave the young players on-the-field experience that regular training simply cannot replace.
安娜的档案在长时间宕机之后恢复服务
ān nà de dàng àn zài cháng shí jiān dàng jī zhī hòu huī fù fú wù
Anna's profile is back online after a prolonged outage
麦家认为,《青枝》最大的魅力在于,故事没有跌宕起伏的情节,却耐人寻味。
mài jiā rèn wéi , qīng zhī zuì dà de mèi lì zài yú , gù shì méi yǒu diē dàng qǐ fú de qíng jié , què nài rén xún wèi .
Mai Jia believes that the greatest appeal of *Green Branches* lies in the fact that, although the story lacks dramatic twists and turns, it is thought-provoking.
Character Family
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