Chinese Word: 荡 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

荡 (Trad.: 盪, 蕩)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 艸

Ideographic:Hot water 汤 wiping out plant life 艹; 汤 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 汤 [ tāng ] soup, gravy, broth; hot water

Similar Characters: 芿

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Pinyin: dàng

English Definition:to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond

Chinese Definition:
①清除，弄光：荡平。扫荡。荡除。倾家荡产。
②洗涤：洗荡。涤荡。荡口(漱口)。
③摇动：摇荡。荡漾。荡桨。
④行为不检，不受约束：荡逸。放荡。浪荡。荡子。荡妇。狂荡。荡检逾闲。
⑤四处走动：游荡。逛荡。
⑥广大平坦的样子：浩荡。
⑦浅水湖：芦花荡。

Example Words:

动荡HSK 6	dòng dàng	unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion
荡荡	dàng dàng	fluttering
激荡	jī dàng	to rage; to dash; to surge
激荡	jī dàng	to rage; to dash; to surge; also written 激荡
荡漾	dàng yàng	to ripple; to undulate; also written 荡漾

Pinyin: tàng

English Definition:variant of 烫

1		xiǎo chuán 小船 zài 在 jiāng miàn 江面 shàng 上 piāo dàng 漂荡。 The small boat drifts on the river.
2		tā men 他们 de 的 chuán 船 zài 在 hǎi shàng 海上 piāo dàng 漂荡。 Their boat is floating on the sea.
3		duǒ duǒ 朵朵 yún cai 云彩 zài 在 tiān kōng 天空 zhōng 中 piāo dàng 飘荡。 Clouds drift in the sky.
4		tā 他 de 的 jiǎo bù shēng 脚步声 zài 在 zǒu láng 走廊 lǐ 里 huí dàng 回荡。 The sound of his footsteps echoed in the hallway.
5		tiān kōng 天空 yī piàn 一片 kōng dàng dàng 空荡荡 de 的， méi yǒu 没有 yī duǒ 一朵 yún 云。 The sky is empty, without a single cloud.

1		xiǎo chuán 小船 zài 在 jiāng miàn 江面 shàng 上 piāo dàng 漂荡。 The small boat drifts on the river.
2		tā men 他们 de 的 chuán 船 zài 在 hǎi shàng 海上 piāo dàng 漂荡。 Their boat is floating on the sea.
3		duǒ duǒ 朵朵 yún cai 云彩 zài 在 tiān kōng 天空 zhōng 中 piāo dàng 飘荡。 Clouds drift in the sky.
4		tā 他 de 的 jiǎo bù shēng 脚步声 zài 在 zǒu láng 走廊 lǐ 里 huí dàng 回荡。 The sound of his footsteps echoed in the hallway.
5		tiān kōng 天空 yī piàn 一片 kōng dàng dàng 空荡荡 de 的， méi yǒu 没有 yī duǒ 一朵 yún 云。 The sky is empty, without a single cloud.