Chinese Word: 栋 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

栋 (Trad.: 棟)HSK 6

Pinyin: dòng

English Definition: classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)

Chinese Definition:
①房屋的脊檩，喻能担负重任的人：栋梁。栋宇。画栋雕梁。
②量词，指房屋：一栋房子。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 木

Pictophonetic: 东 indicates the sound; 木 (wood) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 东 [ dōng ] east, eastern, eastward

Similar Characters: 冻椋

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栋梁	dòng liáng	ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
雕梁画栋	diāo liáng huà dòng	richly ornamented (building)
汗牛充栋	hàn niú chōng dòng	lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
吴作栋	wú zuò dòng	Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
画栋雕梁	huà dòng diāo liáng	a richly ornamented building (idiom)

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1		tā 他 shuō 说， nǐ 你 rèn shí 认识 nà 那 dòng 栋 dà lóu 大楼 ma 吗 He said, you know that building?
2		bù 不 jiǔ qián 久前 nà 那 liǎng 两 gè 个 rén 人 zǒu 走 chū 出 lái 来 de 的 nà dào 那道 biàn mén 便门， jiù 就 zài 在 nà 那 dòng 栋 jiàn zhù 建筑 de 的 gāo qiáng 高墙 xià 下。 The wicket from which the pair had lately emerged was in the wall of this structure.
3		nǐ men 你们 dà jiē 大街 nà 那 tóu 头 de 的 nà 那 dòng 栋 xīn 新 fáng zi 房子 shuí 谁 mǎi 买 xià 下 le 了？ Who bought that new house down the street from you?
4		suī rán 虽然 bù 不 zhī dào 知道 yuán yīn 原因， dàn shì 但是 wǒ 我 jué de 觉得 wǒ 我 bì xū 必须 lí kāi 离开 nà 那 dòng 栋 fáng zi 房子 huí dào 回到 jiā 家 lǐ 里 qù 去。 I don't know why but I had to get out of that house and go home.
5		tā 他 zài 在 lí 离 xué xiào 学校 jǐ 几 yīng 英 lǐ 里 de 的 dì fāng 地方 yǒu zhe 有着 yī 一 jiān 间 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 cāng kù 仓库， zhè gè 这个 cāng kù 仓库 wèi yú 位于 liǎng 两 dòng 栋 zhù zhái lóu 住宅楼 de 的 dì xià shì 地下室 lǐ 里。 He operates his own warehouses a few miles from the school, in the basements of a pair of residential buildings.

1		tā 他 shuō 说， nǐ 你 rèn shí 认识 nà 那 dòng 栋 dà lóu 大楼 ma 吗 He said, you know that building?
2		bù 不 jiǔ qián 久前 nà 那 liǎng 两 gè 个 rén 人 zǒu 走 chū 出 lái 来 de 的 nà dào 那道 biàn mén 便门， jiù 就 zài 在 nà 那 dòng 栋 jiàn zhù 建筑 de 的 gāo qiáng 高墙 xià 下。 The wicket from which the pair had lately emerged was in the wall of this structure.
3		nǐ men 你们 dà jiē 大街 nà 那 tóu 头 de 的 nà 那 dòng 栋 xīn 新 fáng zi 房子 shuí 谁 mǎi 买 xià 下 le 了？ Who bought that new house down the street from you?
4		suī rán 虽然 bù 不 zhī dào 知道 yuán yīn 原因， dàn shì 但是 wǒ 我 jué de 觉得 wǒ 我 bì xū 必须 lí kāi 离开 nà 那 dòng 栋 fáng zi 房子 huí dào 回到 jiā 家 lǐ 里 qù 去。 I don't know why but I had to get out of that house and go home.
5		tā 他 zài 在 lí 离 xué xiào 学校 jǐ 几 yīng 英 lǐ 里 de 的 dì fāng 地方 yǒu zhe 有着 yī 一 jiān 间 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 cāng kù 仓库， zhè gè 这个 cāng kù 仓库 wèi yú 位于 liǎng 两 dòng 栋 zhù zhái lóu 住宅楼 de 的 dì xià shì 地下室 lǐ 里。 He operates his own warehouses a few miles from the school, in the basements of a pair of residential buildings.