冬

dōng

HSK 2.0 Level 3

Definitions

1. winter
2. (onom.) beating a drum
3. rat-a-tat

Example Sentences

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冬 去春来。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 454312)

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Words Containing 冬

• 忍冬 rěn dōng: honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• 冬青树 dōng qīng shù: holly
• 冬青 dōng qīng: holly
• 冬至 dōng zhì: Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January
• 冬宫 dōng gōng: Winter Palace (St Petersburg)
• 冬虫夏草 dōng chóng xià cǎo: caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
• 冬闲 dōng xián: slack winter season (farming)
• 春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏 chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng: sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
• 乌冬面 wū dōng miàn: udon noodles
• 天门冬科 tiān mén dōng kē: Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 佳冬 jiā dōng: Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
• 冬山乡 dōng shān xiāng: Dongshan or Tungshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
• 各拉丹冬峰 gè lā dān dōng fēng: Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[táng gǔ lā shān mài]
• 冬瓜 dōng guā: wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
• 冬病夏治 dōng bìng xià zhì: to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)
• 季冬 jì dōng: final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)
• 天门冬 tiān mén dōng: asparagus
• 冬菜 dōng cài: preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens
• 波塞冬 bō sāi dōng: Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology
• 冬衣 dōng yī: winter clothes
• 佳冬乡 jiā dōng xiāng: Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
• 寒冬 hán dōng: wintry
• 艾冬花 ài dōng huā: Flos Farfarae
• 初冬 chū dōng: early winter
• 冬蛰 dōng zhé: hibernation
• 冬季 dōng jì: winter
• 越冬 yuè dōng: to pass the winter
• 天冬苯丙二肽酯 tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐ: aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
• 春夏秋冬 chūn xià qiū dōng: the four seasons
• 无冬无夏 wú dōng wú xià: regardless of the season
• 冬至点 dōng zhì diǎn: the winter solstice
• 冬月 dōng yuè: eleventh lunar month
• 冬节 dōng jié: see 冬至[dōng zhì]
• 冬字头 dōng zì tóu: name of \walk slowly\ component 夂[zhǐ] in Chinese characters
• 冬山 dōng shān: Dongshan or Tungshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
• 冬笋 dōng sǔn: winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
• 收冬 shōu dōng: harvest season
• 冬运会 dōng yùn huì: winter games
• 冬耕 dōng gēng: winter plowing
• 各拉丹冬山 gè lā dān dōng shān: Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[táng gǔ lā shān mài]
• 冬天 dōng tiān: winter
• 天冬酰胺 tiān dōng xiān àn: asparagine (Asn), an amino acid
• 冬残奥会 dōng cán ào huì: Winter Paralympics
• 过冬 guò dōng: to get through the winter
• 款冬 kuǎn dōng: coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), plant in sunflower family Asteracae used a cough suppressant
• 冬令 dōng lìng: winter
• 冬奥会 dōng ào huì: Winter Olympics
• 严冬 yán dōng: severe winter
• 残冬腊月 cán dōng là yuè: final days of the lunar year
• 隆冬 lóng dōng: midwinter
• 南飞过冬 nán fēi guò dōng: (of birds) to migrate south for the winter
• 冬眠 dōng mián: to hibernate
• 冬不拉 dōng bù lā: Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute
• 天冬氨酸 tiān dōng ān suān: aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid
• 冬令时 dōng lìng shí: standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时[xià lìng shí])
• 冬烘 dōng hōng: shallow
• 丁冬 dīng dōng: (onom.) ding dong
• 立冬 lì dōng: Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November
• 冬夏 dōng xià: winter and summer
• 核冬天 hé dōng tiān: nuclear winter
• 冬菇 dōng gū: donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap