HSK 6 · Time

丁 dīng “fourth (in a series)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 丁 means

  1. fourth (in a series)
  2. D
  3. small cubes (of food)
  4. male adult
  5. the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • fourth (used like “4” or “D”)
  • small cube of meat or vegetable

How to say 丁

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale丁dīng1st tone, high and level

丁 in a sentence

  1. 将苹果切丁。

    Jiāng píngguǒ qiē dīng.

    Dice the apple.

    Sentence #13166874 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 丁 also appears in 一丁点 “a tiny bit”

    加一丁点盐。

    Jiā yì dīng diǎn yán.

    Add a tiny pinch of salt.

    Sentence #6077420 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 丁 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 丁 (dīng) drawn as one shape
丁dīngmale adult

丁 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 丁

丁 2 strokes

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丁 (dīng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 丁 (dīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 丁

More words: Time & Sequence

当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary当前dāngqián · current定期dìngqī · regular端午节Duānwǔjié · Dragon Boat Festival顿时dùnshí · immediately黄昏huánghūn · dusk

FAQs

丁 (dīng) means “fourth (in a series)” or “D”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dīng: dīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 丁 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丁 from the suggestions. Typing ding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丁 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.