Usage of the character 丁

Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上／太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party

Dīng Jī

丁基

[丁基]

Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution

qídīng

旗丁

[旗丁]

Manchurian foot soldier

bǔding

补丁

[補丁]

patch (for mending clothes, tires etc)
(software) patch

dīnghài

丁亥

[丁亥]

twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067

Dàndīng

但丁

[但丁]

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲

dīngfū

丁夫

[丁夫]

(in ancient times) a man old enough for corvée or military service

Dīngqīng

丁青

[丁青]

Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區／昌都地区 ( Chāngdūdìqū), Tibet

dīngxiāng

丁香

[丁香]

lilac (Syringa spp)
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

zhēngzhēng

丁丁

[丁丁]

sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc

dīngkè

丁客

[丁客]

see 丁克 (dīngkè)

dīngguì

丁鱥

[丁鱥]

tench (Tinca tinca)

tiāndīng

添丁

[添丁]

to add a son to the family

dīngchǒu

丁丑

[丁丑]

fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057

Mǎdīng

马丁

[馬丁]

Martin (name)

jīdīng

鸡丁

[雞丁]

diced chicken meat

Dīng Lěi

丁磊

[丁磊]

Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase 網易／网易 ( Wǎngyì)

Dīngdīng

丁丁

[丁丁]

Tintin, cartoon character

jiādīng

家丁

[家丁]

(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc

Aòdīng

奥丁

[奧丁]

Odin (god in Norse mythology)

dīngjiān

丁艰

[丁艱]

(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

měngdīng

猛丁

[猛丁]

suddenly

língdīng

零丁

[零丁]

variant of 伶仃 (língdīng)

Yàdīng

亚丁

[亞丁]

Aden

dīngdōng

丁冬

[丁冬]

(onom.) ding dong
jingling of bells
clanking sound

dīngwèi

丁未

[丁未]

forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027

dīngdiǎn

丁点

[丁點]

tiny bit

Kěndīng

垦丁

[墾丁]

Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園／垦丁国家公园 ( Kěndīng Guójiā Gōngyuán))

dīngwán

丁烷

[丁烷]

butane

dīngkè

丁克

[丁克]

Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)

dīngzì

丁字

[丁字]

T-shaped

dīngdīng

丁丁

[丁丁]

(neologism) (slang) penis (丁丁 resembles "JJ", which is short for 雞雞／鸡鸡 (jijī))

réndīng

人丁

[人丁]

number of people in a family
population
(old) adult males
male servants

dīngxī

丁烯

[丁烯]

butene or butylene C4H8

dīngníng

丁宁

[丁寧]

variant of 叮嚀／叮咛 (dīngníng)

Pǔdīng

普丁

[普丁]

(Tw) Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia

sèdīng

色丁

[色丁]

satin (textile) (loanword)

bùdīng

布丁

[布丁]

pudding (loanword)

dīngsì

丁巳

[丁巳]

fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037

nándīng

男丁

[男丁]

adult male

dīngyǒu

丁酉

[丁酉]

thirty-fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017

yuándīng

园丁

[園丁]

gardener

chéngdīng

成丁

[成丁]

(of a male) to come of age
an adult male

dīngyōu

丁忧

[丁憂]

(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

jīdīng

几丁

[幾丁]

chitin

dīngjī

丁基

[丁基]

butyl group (chemistry)

dīngdiāo

丁鲷

[丁鯛]

tench

zhuàngdīng

壮丁

[壯丁]

able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)

Wǔ Dīng

武丁

[武丁]

Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty

xīndīng

新丁

[新丁]

new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)
a boy who has just come of age
(in a job etc) newcomer
novice

lādīng

拉丁

[拉丁]

Latin
(in former times) to press-gang
to kidnap and force people into service

Nuòdīnghàn

诺丁汉

[諾丁漢]

Nottingham (city in England)

jílìdīng

吉利丁

[吉利丁]

(loanword) gelatin

dīng'èrchún

丁二醇

[丁二醇]

butyl glycol

Lādīnghuà

拉丁化

[拉丁化]

romanization

yìdīngwán

异丁烷

[異丁烷]

isobutane

zhèngdīngmí

正丁醚

[正丁醚]

butyl ether

èrdīngmí

二丁醚

[二丁醚]

dibutyl ether

ādīngdìng

吖丁啶

[吖丁啶]

azetidine (chemistry) (loanword)

Lādīngwǔ

拉丁舞

[拉丁舞]

Latin dance

dīngzìgǎo

丁字镐

[丁字鎬]

hammer pick

Alādīng

阿拉丁

[阿拉丁]

Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

dīngzìliáng

丁字梁

[丁字梁]

T-girder

Lándīngjiāo

蓝丁胶

[藍丁膠]

Blu-tack (brand)

Aìdīngbǎo

爱丁堡

[愛丁堡]

Edinburgh, capital of Scotland

dīngnèizhǐ

丁内酯

[丁內酯]

butyrolactone

dīngzìkù

丁字裤

[丁字褲]

thong (underwear)

nígǔdīng

尼古丁

[尼古丁]

nicotine (loanword)

Hèpǔdīng

贺普丁

[賀普丁]

Chinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定 ( Lāmǐfūdìng)

dīngzìbù

丁字步

[丁字步]

T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)

zǐdīngxiāng

紫丁香

[紫丁香]

lilac

kǎnídīng

卡尼丁

[卡尼丁]

carnitine (loanword) (biochemistry)

Sādīng Dǎo

撒丁岛

[撒丁島]

Sardinia

dīng'èrxī

丁二烯

[丁二烯]

butadiene C4H6
biethylene

Lādīngyǔ

拉丁语

[拉丁語]

Latin (language)

Dīngqīngxiàn

丁青县

[丁青縣]

Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區／昌都地区 ( Chāngdūdìqū), Tibet

lěngbudīng

冷不丁

[冷不丁]

suddenly
by surprise

Yàdīng Wān

亚丁湾

[亞丁灣]

Gulf of Aden

fán'ěrdīng

凡尔丁

[凡爾丁]

valitin (plain wool fabric) (loanword)

Abódīng

阿伯丁

[阿伯丁]

Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)

Bàoluódīng

鲍罗丁

[鮑羅丁]

Borodin (name)
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer

dīngzìjiē

丁字街

[丁字街]

T-junction

Mǎdīnglú

马丁炉

[馬丁爐]

Martin furnace
open hearth furnace
open hearth

jīdīngzhì

几丁质

[幾丁質]

chitin

Aìdīng Hú

艾丁湖

[艾丁湖]

Ayding Lake (Aydingkol) in Xinjiang

shādīngyú

沙丁鱼

[沙丁魚]

sardine (loanword)

Sàlādīng

萨拉丁

[薩拉丁]

Saladin (c. 1138-1193)

Aòsīdīng

奥斯丁

[奧斯丁]

Austin or Austen (name)
Austin, Texas
also written 奧斯汀／奥斯汀 ( Aòsītīng)

Lādīngwén

拉丁文

[拉丁文]

Latin (language)

Dīng Wěiliáng

丁韪良

[丁韙良]

William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University

mǎdīngní

马丁尼

[馬丁尼]

martini (loanword)

kǎdīngchē

卡丁车

[卡丁車]

go-kart

dùlěngdīng

杜冷丁

[杜冷丁]

(medicine) dolantin (loanword)
pethidine

dīnggéquǎn

丁格犬

[丁格犬]

dingo (Canis dingo)

yīdīngdiǎn

一丁点

[一丁點]

a tiny bit

Dīng Rǔchāng

丁汝昌

[丁汝昌]

Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy

dīngzìchǐ

丁字尺

[丁字尺]

T-square
set square (carpenter's tool)

Dīngjiānú

丁加奴

[丁加奴]

Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia

Dīng Zhàozhōng

丁肇中

[丁肇中]

Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics

Lādīngzìmǔ

拉丁字母

[拉丁字母]

Latin alphabet

Zāmǎládīng

扎马剌丁

[紮馬剌丁]

Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

dīnggǔniúpái

丁骨牛排

[丁骨牛排]

T-bone steak

Zāmǎlǔdīng

扎马鲁丁

[紮馬魯丁]

see 紮馬剌丁／扎马剌丁 ( Zāmǎládīng)

dīngdīngchǎomiàn

丁丁炒面

[丁丁炒麵]

chopped fried noodles

gōngbǎojīdīng

宫保鸡丁

[宮保雞丁]

Kung Pao Chicken
spicy diced chicken

Dīngsì Fùbì

丁巳复辟

[丁巳復辟]

Manchu Restoration of 1917, see 張勳復辟／张勋复辟 ( Zhāng Xūn Fùbì)

Lādīngwénzì

拉丁文字

[拉丁文字]

the alphabet
latin letters

Dīngmǎo Zhànzhēng

丁卯战争

[丁卯戰爭]

first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)

bùshíyīdīng

不识一丁

[不識一丁]

total illiterate
unable to read the simplest characters

bùzhī Dīng Dǒng

不知丁董

[不知丁董]

forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
unheeding the lessons of the past

gōngbàojīdīng

宫爆鸡丁

[宮爆雞丁]

gong bao chicken
spicy diced chicken

Lādīngfāngkuài

拉丁方块

[拉丁方塊]

Latin square (math. puzzle)

Nuòdīnghànjùn

诺丁汉郡

[諾丁漢郡]

Nottinghamshire (English county)

fùzhībǐngdīng

付之丙丁

[付之丙丁]

to burn down (idiom)

Zhámǎlǔdīng

札马鲁丁

[札馬魯丁]

see 紮馬剌丁／扎马剌丁 ( Zāmǎládīng)

zǐhuādìdīng

紫花地丁

[紫花地丁]

Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica)

qiǎngjīdīngsuān

羟基丁酸

[羥基丁酸]

gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, GHB

lüdīngxiàngjiāo

氯丁橡胶

[氯丁橡膠]

neoprene

Zhámǎládīng

札马剌丁

[札馬剌丁]

see 紮馬剌丁／扎马剌丁 ( Zāmǎládīng)

gōngbàoròudīng

宫爆肉丁

[宮爆肉丁]

stir-fried diced pork

yīdīngbùshí

一丁不识

[一丁不識]

illiterate

dīngling-dānglāng

丁零当啷

[丁零噹啷]

(onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling

Dīngmǎo Húluàn

丁卯胡乱

[丁卯胡亂]

first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)

liǔdīng'ānchún

柳丁氨醇

[柳丁氨醇]

albuterol (also known as proventil, salbutamol, ventolin), an asthma drug

Lādīng Měizhōu

拉丁美洲

[拉丁美洲]

Latin America

mùbùshídīng

目不识丁

[目不識丁]

lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

dīngxínggānyán

丁型肝炎

[丁型肝炎]

hepatitis D

yāoguǒjīdīng

腰果鸡丁

[腰果雞丁]

chicken with cashew nuts

gūkǔlíngdīng

孤苦零丁

[孤苦零丁]

variant of 孤苦伶仃 (gūkǔlíngdīng)

dīngchǒngjiātíng

丁宠家庭

[丁寵家庭]

double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克 (dīngkè))

shādīng'ànchún

沙丁胺醇

[沙丁胺醇]

salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma)
also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin

Mǎdīng· Lùdé

马丁·路德

[馬丁·路德]

Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation

Héshǔ Shèngmǎdīng

荷属圣马丁

[荷屬聖馬丁]

Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean

Aòdīngxiézhènqì

奥丁谐振器

[奧丁諧振器]

Oudin coil
Oudin resonator

Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo

君士坦丁堡

[君士坦丁堡]

Constantinople, capital of Byzantium

Guālā Dīngjiānú

瓜拉丁加奴

[瓜拉丁加奴]

Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia

Yìdīngběnbǐngsuān

异丁苯丙酸

[異丁苯丙酸]

Ibuprofen or Nurofen
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers
also called 布洛芬

fēi Lādīngzìfú

非拉丁字符

[非拉丁字符]