dīng
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
fourth in order
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
butyl
cubes (of food)
Dīng Lěi
Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase 網易|网易[Wang3 yi4]
dīng xiāng
lilac (Syringia vulgaris)
clove (Eugenia aromatica)
lā dīng
Latin
(in former times) to press-gang
to kidnap and force people into service
Ài dīng bǎo
Edinburgh, capital of Scotland
zhēng zhēng
sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc
Dīng dīng
Tintin, cartoon character
dīng kè
Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
Nuò dīng hàn
Nottingham (city in England)
Ào dīng
Odin (god in Norse mythology)
Ā lā dīng
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
Dīng Jī
Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution
Dàn dīng
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
dīng chún
butanol
butyl alcohol C4H9OH
dīng hài
twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
tiān dīng
to add a son to the family
dīng mǎo
fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
dīng èr xī
butadiene C4H6
biethylene
dīng wèi
forty fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027
dīng yǒu
thirty fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017
gōng bǎo jī dīng
Kung Pao Chicken
spicy diced chicken
dīng chǒu
fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
Dīng Líng
Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party
zhuàng dīng
able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé
Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
dīng sì
fifty fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
Shèng wén sēn tè hé Gé lín nà dīng sī
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kěn dīng
Kenting Town, at tourist resort in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], south Taiwan
Ào sī dīng
Austin or Austen (name)
Austin, Texas
also written 奧斯汀
Ā bó dīng
Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo
Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
gōng bào jī dīng
gong bao chicken
spicy diced chicken
dīng dōng
(onom.) ding dong
jingling of bells
clanking sound
mù bù shí dīng
lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate
shā dīng àn chún
salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma)
also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin
Dīng Zhào zhōng
Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
Dīng qīng
Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
Wǔ Dīng
Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty
qiǎng jī dīng suān
gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, GHB
hè pǔ dīng
Chinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定[Lā mǐ fū dìng]
Shèng Ào gǔ sī dīng
St Augustine
Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher
Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany
Dīng jiā nú
Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia
Dīng Rǔ chāng
Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy
dīng táng
tetrose (CH20)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
Ài dīng hú
Lake Aydingkol in Xinjiang
dīng zì chǐ
T-square
set square (carpenter's tool)
Dīng qīng xiàn
Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
Lā dīng wén zì
the alphabet
latin letters
Kěn dīng guó jiā gōng yuán
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Héng chūn bàn dǎo], Pingtung county, south Taiwan
Nuò dīng hàn jùn
Nottinghamshire (English county)
gū kǔ líng dīng
variant of 孤苦伶仃[gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1]
dīng zì bù
T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
Guā lā Dīng jiā nú
Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
Bào luó dīng
Borodin (name)
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer
Dīng Wěi liáng
William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
Yì dīng běn bǐng suān
Ibuprofen or Nurofen
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers
also called 布洛芬
dīng ling dāng lāng
ding-a-ling
onomat. for sound of bell
Qí nèi dīng · Qí dá nèi
Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player
dīng chǒng jiā tíng
double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克[ding1 ke4])
bù shí yī dīng
total illiterate
unable to read the simplest characters
Mǎ dīng lú
Martin furnace
open hearth furnace
open hearth
fán ěr dīng
valitin (plain wool fabric) (loanword)
lā dīng fāng kuài
Latin square (math. puzzle)
Shèng Wén sēn hé Gé lín nà dīng
St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles
Zhá mǎ lǔ dīng
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[Za1 ma3 la2 ding1]
Zā mǎ lǔ dīng
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[Za1 ma3 la2 ding1]
liǔ dīng ān chún
albuterol (also known as proventil, salbutamol, ventolin), an asthma drug
bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
unheeding the lessons of the past
Zhá mǎ lá dīng
see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[Za1 ma3 la2 ding1]
Zā mǎ lá dīng
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260
Kěn dīng shì
Kenting town, at tourist resort in Pingtung county 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng xiàn], south Taiwan
Ào dīng xié zhèn qì
Oudin coil
Oudin resonator
Hé shǔ Shèng mǎ dīng
Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean
Ài dīng Hú
Ayding Lake (Aydingkol) in Xinjiang
Shèng Wén sēn jí Gé ruì nà dīng
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)
zǐ huā dì dīng
Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica)
xīn dīng
new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)
a boy who has just come of age
(in a job etc) newcomer
novice
Qí nèi dīng · Qí dá nèi
Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation
líng dīng
variant of 伶仃[ling2 ding1]
Hè pǔ dīng
Chinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定[La1 mi3 fu1 ding4]
bǔ ding
patch (for mending clothes, tires etc)
(software) patch
Lā dīng fāng kuài
Latin square (math. puzzle)
Dīng mǎo Zhàn zhēng
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
Dīng mǎo Hú luàn
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
dīng níng
variant of 叮嚀|叮咛[ding1 ning2]
dīng yōu
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
dīng jiān
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
dīng ling dāng lāng
ding-a-ling
(onom.) for sound of bell
rén dīng
number of people in a family
population
(old) adult males
male servants
kǎ ní dīng
carnitine (loanword) (biochemistry)
tuán dīng
(old) member of local militia
Kěn dīng Guó jiā Gōng yuán
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Heng2 chun1 Ban4 dao3], Pingtung county, south Taiwan
Kěn dīng Shì
Kenting Town, at tourist resort in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], south Taiwan
jiā dīng
(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
chéng dīng
(of a male) to come of age
an adult male