丁 (dīng): male adult, the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干, fourth (used like "4" or "D")
丁 (dīng) is a Chinese character meaning “male adult.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 一 (one). It ranks #1166 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 丁 a nail. Its radical form 一 (one) appears in many related characters such as 一 (yī, one), 七 (qī, seven), 三 (sān, three).
Definitions
- male adult
- the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干
- fourth (used like "4" or "D")
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA nail
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马丁 | mǎ dīng | Martin (name) |
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin |
| 布丁 | bù dīng | pudding (loanword) |
| 园丁 | yuán dīng | gardener |
| 拉丁语 | lā dīng yǔ | Latin (language) |
| 拉丁文 | lā dīng wén | Latin (language) |
| 拉丁舞 | lā dīng wǔ | Latin dance |
| 奥斯丁 | ào sī dīng | Austin or Austen (name) |
| 爱丁堡 | ài dīng bǎo | Edinburgh, capital of Scotland |
| 尼古丁 | ní gǔ dīng | (loanword) nicotine |
| 诺丁汉 | nuò dīng hàn | Nottingham (city in England) |
| 沙丁鱼 | shā dīng yú | sardine (loanword) |
| 补丁 | bǔ ding | patch (for mending clothes, tires etc) |
| 丁香 | dīng xiāng | lilac (Syringa spp) |
| 杜冷丁 | dù lěng dīng | (medicine) dolantin (loanword) |
丁 appears in 100 compound words: 41 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 丁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom); unheeding the lessons of the past
viola (Viola philippica) (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat snake bite.)
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom); unheeding the lessons of the past
viola (Viola philippica) (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat snake bite.)
Showing 8 of 9 idioms containing 丁.
Example Sentences
丁字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
dīng zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The T-shaped object is not frequently used in daily life.
...ogicals 达成授权协议,致力扩大拉丁美洲生物相似药的可及途径
. . . o g i c a l s dá chéng shòu quán xié yì , zhì lì kuò dà lā dīng měi zhōu shēng wù xiāng sì yào de kě jí tú jìng
... Ogicals has entered into a licensing agreement to expand access to biosimilars in Latin America
五角大厦向波音和洛克希德马丁询问对Anthropic的依赖程度——A...
wǔ jiǎo dà xià xiàng bō yīn hé 洛 kè xī dé mǎ dīng xún wèn duì A n t h r o p i c de yī lài chéng dù — — A . . .
The Pentagon asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin how much they depended on Anthropic - A...
丁予嘉/全球金融“大事”要来了!
dīng yú jiā quán qiú jīn róng dà shì yāo lái le !
Ding Yujia/Global financial "big events" are coming!
...度利润低于预期且需求疲软,阿斯顿 · 马丁宣布将再裁员 20%
. . . dù lì rùn dī yú yù qī qiě xū qiú pí ruǎn , ā sī dùn mǎ dīng xuān bù jiāng zài cái yuán 2 0
... Lower than expected profits and weak demand, Aston · Martin announced another 20% layoffs
邓国平:国盟权力重排,慕尤丁“退而不休”,哈迪“退而不离”?
dèng guó píng : guó méng quán lì chóng pái , mù yóu dīng tuì ér bù xiū , hā dí tuì ér bù lí ?
Deng Guoping: The BN power rearrangement, Muhyiddin "retreats", Hadi "retreats"?
普丁领导下的俄罗斯并不惧怕美国和北约。
Pǔdīng lǐngdǎo xià de éluósī bìngbù jùpà Měiguó hé Běiyuē.
Putin's Russia isn't afraid of the United States and NATO.
你刚刚吃了四十份布丁吗？
Nǐ gānggang chī le sì shí fèn bùdīng ma?
Did you just eat forty servings of pudding?
你也会讲拉丁语吗？
Nǐ yě huì jiǎng Lādīngyǔ ma?
Do you speak Latin also?
快点，马丁。我们已经迟到了！
Kuàidiǎn, Mǎdīng. wǒmen yǐjīng chídào le!
Hurry up, Martin. We're already late!
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