Chinese words starting with “dong”
36 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable dong. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 13 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final ong · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 6
- 3rd tone 5
- 4th tone 25
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 东西dōng xiHSK 1
thing; stuff; person
- 动作dòng zuòHSK 1
movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- 动物dòng wùHSK 2
animal
- 动力dòng lìHSK 3
motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus
- 懂得dǒng deHSK 2
to understand; to know; to comprehend
- 冬天dōng tiānHSK 2
winter
- 东部dōng bùHSK 3
the east; eastern part
- 东方dōng fāngHSK 2
east
- 东北dōng běiHSK 2
northeast
- 动人dòng rénHSK 3
touching; moving
- 动物园dòng wù yuánHSK 2
zoo
- 东南dōng nánHSK 2
southeast
- 东边dōng bianHSK 1
east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
All 36 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 动 | dòng | v,vn | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 2 | 懂 | dǒng | v | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 3 | 东 | dōng | f,b | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 4 | 洞 | dòng | n,g | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 5 | 动手 | dòng shǒu | v,vn | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 6 | 栋 | dòng | q,g | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) | |
| 7 | 董事会 | dǒng shì huì | n | board of directors | |
| 8 | 冻 | dòng | v | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 9 | 动机 | dòng jī | n | motive; motivation | |
| 10 | 冬 | dōng | tg | (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat | |
| 11 | 动脉 | dòng mài | n | artery | |
| 12 | 动态 | dòng tài | n | movement; motion; development; trend; dynamic (science) | |
| 13 | 冬季 | dōng jì | t | winter | |
| 14 | 动静 | dòng jìng | n | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness | |
| 15 | 董事 | dǒng shì | n | board member | |
| 16 | 动用 | dòng yòng | v | to utilize; to put sth to use | |
| 17 | 动画 | dòng huà | n | animation; cartoon | |
| 18 | 冻结 | dòng jié | v,vn | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | |
| 19 | 动摇 | dòng yáo | v,an,a | to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to | |
| 20 | 动员 | dòng yuán | v,vn | to mobilize; mobilization | |
| 21 | 懂事 | dǒng shì | a,v | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | |
| 22 | 董事长 | dǒng shì zhǎng | n | chairman of the board of directors | |
| 23 | 动画片 | dòng huà piàn | n | animated film | |
| 24 | 动感 | dòng gǎn | n | sense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic; vivid; lifelike | |
| 25 | 洞穴 | dòng xué | n | cave; cavern | |
| 26 | 动听 | dòng tīng | a | pleasant to listen to | |
| 27 | 动向 | dòng xiàng | n | trend; tendency | |
| 28 | 动弹 | dòng tan | v | to budge | |
| 29 | 动荡 | dòng dàng | a,an | unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion | |
| 30 | 动身 | dòng shēn | v | to go on a journey; to leave | |
| 31 | 动不动 | dòng bu dòng | d | (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat | |
| 32 | 动工 | dòng gōng | v,vn | to start (a building project) | |
| 33 | 东张西望 | dōng zhāng xī wàng | v | to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around | |
| 34 | 东道主 | dōng dào zhǔ | n | host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) | |
| 35 | 栋梁 | dòng liáng | n | ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state) | |
| 36 | 东奔西走 | dōng bēn xī zǒu | v | to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠 |
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