HSK 3 · Time

冬 dōng “winter” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冬 means

  1. winter

How to say 冬

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale冬dōng1st tone, high and level

冬 in a sentence

  1. 冬天到了，天气变冷了。

    Dōngtiān dào le, tiānqì biàn lěng le.

    Winter is here, and it’s getting cold.

    Sentence #1252480 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 冬天经常下雪。

    Dōngtiān jīngcháng xiàxuě.

    It often snows in winter.

    Sentence #2364539 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 去年冬天下了好多雪。

    Qùnián dōngtiān xià le hǎo duō xuě.

    It snowed a lot last winter.

    Sentence #336682 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 冬 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 冬 (dōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
冬dōngwinter
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • ⺀ice form of 冫 · bīng

How to write 冬

冬 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 冬

Words with 冬

冬天dōngtiān · winter

More words: Time

就jiù · then半bàn · half春chūn · spring season当然dāngrán · of course刚才gāngcái · just now后来hòulái · afterwards几乎jīhū · almost季节jìjié · season

FAQs

冬 (dōng) means “winter”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it dōng: dōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冬 from the suggestions. Typing dong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冬 is an HSK 3 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.