dīng
Radical 1 · 2 strokes

fourth (used like "4" or "D")

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MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. numeral

    fourth (used like "4" or "D")

    按顺序排列第四个的àn shùnxù pái liè dì sì gè de

    • Ding is the fourth one.

  2. noun

    the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]

    天干中的第四位,用于计时、记年月日。tiāngan zhōng de dì sì wèi, yònyú jìshí, jìnián yuè rì.

    • Ding is the fourth of the ten heavenly stems.

  3. noun

    small cube of meat or vegetable

    肉或菜切成的小块ròu huò cài qiēchéng de xiǎo kuài

    • Please give me an order of diced chicken.

  4. noun

    surname Ding

    姓氏,中国人的家族名字xìngshì、zhōngguórén de jiāzú míngzi

  5. noun

    male adult

    成年男性,或人口统计的基本单位chéngnián nánxìng,huò rénkǒu tǒngjì de jīběn dānwèi

    • Mr. Ding is my teacher.

  6. verb

    (literary) to encounter

    遇见;碰到yùjiàn;pèngdào

    • I encountered an old friend.

  7. noun

    (chemistry) butyl

    有四个碳原子的烃基yǒu sì ge tànhuà yuánnzǐ de huàhuà jī

    • Butane is a type of gas.

  8. noun

    (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°

    古代指南针上195度的方向,在正南偏西gǔdài zhǐ nánzhěnpán shang bǎi jiǔshíwǔ dù de fāngxiàng, zài zhènggnán piānxī

    • Ding is an ancient compass direction.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.

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