HSK 6 · Society

动荡 dòngdàng “turmoil” in Chinese

Traditional 動蕩

What 动荡 means

  1. turmoil
  2. unrest
  3. turbulent
  4. unrest (social or political)
  5. upheaval
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • commotion

How to say 动荡

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale荡dàng4th tone, falling

动荡 in a sentence

  1. 股市最近很动荡。

    Gǔshì zuìjìn hěn dòngdàng.

    The stock market has been very turbulent lately.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他年轻的时候过着动荡不安的生活。

    Tā niánqīng de shíhou guò zhe dòngdàng bù'ān de shēnghuó.

    When he was young, he lived an unsettled life.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 动荡 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 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

The character 荡 (dàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
荡dàngto wash
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 汤soup · shāng

How to write 动荡

动 6 strokes · 荡 9 strokes

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

Words related to 动荡

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement

More words: Society & Law

盗窃dàoqiè · to steal打仗dǎzhàng · to fight a war典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony抵制dǐzhì · to boycott东道主dōngdàozhǔ · host动员dòngyuán · to mobilise斗争dòuzhēng · struggle赌博dǔbó · to gamble

FAQs

动荡 (dòngdàng) means “turmoil” or “unrest”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dòngdàng: dòng with a 4th tone, then dàng 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, 动荡 is written 動蕩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dongdang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 动荡 from the suggestions. Typing dongdang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
动荡 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.