HSK 6 · Function Words

栋 dòng “measure word for buildings” in Chinese

Traditional 棟

What 栋 means

  1. measure word for buildings
  2. classifier for houses or buildings

How to say 栋

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale栋dòng4th tone, falling

栋 in a sentence

  1. 我在这栋楼里工作。

    Wǒ zài zhè dòng lóu lǐ gōngzuò.

    I work in this building.

    Sentence #7773207 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这栋别墅的主人是谁？

    Zhè dòng biéshù de zhǔrén shì shéi?

    Who owns this villa?

    Sentence #700961 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他们住在一栋大房子里。

    Tāmen zhù zài yí dòng dà fángzi lǐ.

    They live in a big house.

    Sentence #10283396 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 栋 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 栋 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 东east · dōngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 东 (dōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dòng.

How to write 栋

栋 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 栋

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FAQs

栋 (dòng) means “measure word for buildings” or “classifier for houses or buildings”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dòng: dòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 栋 is written 棟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 栋 from the suggestions. Typing dong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
栋 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.