丁
dīng
male adult
surname Ding; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl
a picture of 丁 → a nail
The horizontal stroke is the nail's flat head, and the vertical stroke is the shaft driven into wood. From 'nail' it extended to mean a small, hard unit — hence cubes of food, and by sound, the fourth heavenly stem.
他姓丁，是我们班的同学。
tā xìng dīng，shì wǒ men bān de tóng xué。
His surname is Ding; he is a classmate of ours.
这道菜里有很多鸡丁和蔬菜。
zhè dào cài lǐ yǒu hěn duō jī dīng hé shū cài。
This dish has a lot of diced chicken and vegetables in it.
Words with 丁
卡丁车
kǎ dīng chē
go-kart
阿伯丁
ā bó dīng
Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
阿斯顿·马丁
ā sī dùn · mǎ dīng
Aston Martin
阿拉丁
ā lā dīng
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
鸡丁
jī dīng
diced chicken meat
零丁
líng dīng
variant of 伶仃[ling2 ding1]
马丁
mǎ dīng
Martin (name)
马丁·路德
mǎ dīng · lù dé
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation
马丁·路德·金
mǎ dīng · lù dé · jīn
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
马丁尼
mǎ dīng ní
(loanword) martini
马丁炉
mǎ dīng lú
open hearth furnace
鲍罗丁
bào luó dīng
Borodin (name)