栋

Classifier for houses or buildings in Chinese: 栋 (dòng)

dòng

classifier for houses or buildings

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 棟1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1classifier for houses or buildings
  2. 2ridgepole (old)

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栋

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ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

栋

Simplified

棟

Traditional

Example sentences

See 栋 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我家门前有一栋高楼。

    wǒ jiā mén qián yǒu yí dòng gāo lóu。

    There is a tall building in front of my house.

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Related words

栋梁

dòng liáng

ridgepole

都会

dū huì

city

兜

dōu

pocket

兜儿

dōu r

erhua variant of 兜

兜售

dōu shòu

to hawk

抖

dǒu

to tremble

陡

dǒu

steep

斗

dòu

to fight

斗志

dòu zhì

will to fight

豆浆

dòu jiāng

soy milk

豆子

dòu zi

bean

督促

dū cù

to supervise and urge completion of a task

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