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栋

棟
dòng
HSK 7freq #3370

Meanings

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

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to erect; to stand up; to make upright
  2. 2.to stand like a pillar
  3. 3.a vertical stroke (㇑)
  4. 4.Classifier for objects organised in vertical columns.
  5. 5.Classifier for two mahjong tiles, arranged in a stack.
  6. 6.Classifier for bridges.

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Etymology

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate. Compare Proto-Tai *taŋꟲ (“to erect”), whence Zhuang daengj and Thai ตั้ง (dtâng), and Maonan tang¹ (“to erect”).

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Stroke order

Components

栋木东

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Example sentences

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Synonyms

豎豎兒直直道兒筆徛座個架道度條對獨陣板乘逝頂爿隻

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Derived terms

一戙都冇毛管戙

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Related words

栋梁 ridgepole独栋 (of a building) detached吴作栋 Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004汗牛充栋 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books雕梁画栋 richly ornamented (building)