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)

1		zhè 这 dòng 栋 lóu 楼 hěn gāo 很高。 This building is very tall.
2		tā 她 zhù zài 住在 yī 一 dòng 栋 dà lóu 大楼 lǐ 里。 She lives in a big building.
3		shǎn diàn 闪电 dǎ zhòng 打中 le 了 zhè 这 dòng 栋 lóu 楼。 Lightning struck this building.
4		tā 他 zhù zài 住在 yī 一 dòng 栋 gōng yù lóu 公寓楼 de 的 dǐng lóu 顶楼。 He lives on the top floor of an apartment building.
5		zhè 这 dòng 栋 dà lóu 大楼 gāo dù 高度 dá dào 达到 le 了 100 mǐ 米。 The height of this building is 1meters.

1		zhè 这 dòng 栋 lóu 楼 hěn gāo 很高。 This building is very tall.
2		tā 她 zhù zài 住在 yī 一 dòng 栋 dà lóu 大楼 lǐ 里。 She lives in a big building.
3		shǎn diàn 闪电 dǎ zhòng 打中 le 了 zhè 这 dòng 栋 lóu 楼。 Lightning struck this building.
4		tā 他 zhù zài 住在 yī 一 dòng 栋 gōng yù lóu 公寓楼 de 的 dǐng lóu 顶楼。 He lives on the top floor of an apartment building.
5		zhè 这 dòng 栋 dà lóu 大楼 gāo dù 高度 dá dào 达到 le 了 100 mǐ 米。 The height of this building is 1meters.