栋 (dòng): classifier for houses or buildings, ridgepole (old)
栋 (dòng) is a Chinese character meaning “classifier for houses or buildings.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 东 (phonetic). It ranks #2572 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 栋 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- classifier for houses or buildings
- ridgepole (old)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栋梁noun | dòng liáng | ridgepole |
| 雕梁画栋 | diāo liáng huà dòng | richly ornamented (building) |
| 吴作栋 | wú zuò dòng | Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004 |
| 汗牛充栋phrase | hàn niú chōng dòng | lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) |
| 独栋adjective | dú dòng | (of a building) detached |
| 楼栋 | lóu dòng | building |
栋 appears in 6 compound words: 17 as the first character, 83 as the last, and 0 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 栋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
春天来了，院子里的栋木开始发芽抽枝。
chūn tiān lái le , yuàn zǐ lǐ de dòng mù kāi shǐ fā yá chōu zhī .
Spring has arrived, and the trees in the yard are beginning to sprout buds and branches.
张栋梁危急肝病终于康复!露面谈近况
zhāng dòng liáng wēi jí gān bìng zhōng yú kāng fù ! lù miàn tán jìn kuàng
Zhang Dongliang's critical liver disease finally recovered! Show up to talk about the current situation
李栋旭见面会甜互动 郭书瑶笑嗨嗨全网炸
lǐ dòng xù jiàn miàn huì tián hù dòng guō shū 瑶 xiào 嗨 嗨 quán wǎng zhà
Li Dongxu's meeting was sweet and interactive, Guo Shuyao laughed and exploded
“要么他走,要么我们下台” 邱培栋:阿占巴基必须辞职
yāo má tā zǒu , yāo má wǒ men xià tái 邱 péi dòng : ā zhàn bā jī bì xū cí zhí
"Either he leaves, or we step down" Qiu Peidong: Azan Baki must resign
...年 魏家祥:秉持“超越教育”理念栽培社会栋梁
. . . nián wèi jiā xiáng : bǐng chí chāo yuè jiào yù lǐ niàn zāi péi shè huì dòng liáng
... Wei Jiaxiang: Adhering to the concept of "beyond education" to cultivate social pillars
年初八拜天公是否可燃放爆竹 胡栋强促倪可敏交代
nián chū bā bài tiān gōng shì fǒu kě rán fàng bào zhú hú dòng qiáng cù 倪 kě mǐn jiāo dài
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, whether it is possible to set off firecrackers Hu Dong forced Ni Kemin to explain
你是这栋房子的主人吗？
Nǐ shì zhè dòng fángzi de zhǔrén ma?
Are you the owner of this house?
这栋楼里面有中央暖气系统吗？
Zhè dòng lóu lǐmiàn yǒu zhōngyāng nuǎnqì xìtǒng ma?
Is there central heating in this building?
你真是自己造了这栋房子吗？
Nǐ zhēnshi zìjǐ zào le zhè dòng fángzi ma?
Is it true that you built this house by yourself?
您能看到那栋小房子吗？
Nín néng kàn dào nà dòng xiǎo fángzi ma?
Can you see that small house?
Character Family
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