Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 冬

winter

(onom.) beating a drum
rat-a-tat

surname Dong

harvest season
autumn

honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

see 冬至 ( Dōngzhì)

winter and summer

Winter Palace (St Petersburg)
Hermitage Museum

slack winter season (farming)

Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣／二十四节气 7th-21st November

wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
white gourd
white hairy melon
Chinese squash

(onom.) ding dong
jingling of bells
clanking sound

hibernation

winter
CL:個／个 (gè)

to hibernate
hibernation

winter plowing

Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣／二十四节气 22nd December-5th January

dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM

donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap

to get through the winter

Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

eleventh lunar month

cold winter

abbr. for 天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng), asparagus

winter

Dongshan or Tungshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣／宜兰县 ( Yílán Xiàn), Taiwan

preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens

winter
winter climate

to pass the winter
to overwinter
to live through the winter

winter clothes

midwinter
the depth of winter

shallow
uneducated

holly

winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)

severe winter

coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), plant in sunflower family Asteracae used a cough suppressant

(Tw) cellophane noodles; mung bean vermicelli

early winter

final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)

Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology

standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時／夏令时 (xiàlìngshí))

Jiādōngxiāng

Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

name of "walk slowly" component 夂 (zhǐ) in Chinese characters

asparagus

winter games

Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute

Winter Olympics

holly

Dōngshān Xiāng

Dongshan or Tungshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣／宜兰县 ( Yílán Xiàn), Taiwan

nuclear winter

coltsfoot flower (used in TCM)
Flos Farfarae

the winter solstice

udon noodles

dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM

winter break

Dōng Cán'àohuì

Winter Paralympics

tiānméndōngkē

Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus

chūnxiàqiūdōng

the four seasons
spring, summer, autumn and winter

dōngchóng-xiàcǎo

caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)

tiāndōngxiān'àn

asparagine (Asn), an amino acid

dōngbìngxiàzhì

to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)

nánfēiguòdōng

(of birds) to migrate south for the winter

tiāndōng'ānsuān

aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid

wúdōngwúxià

regardless of the season
all the year round

cándōnglàyuè

final days of the lunar year

Gèlādāndōng Fēng

各拉丹冬峰

[各拉丹冬峰]

Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈／唐古拉山脉 ( Tánggǔlā Shānmài)

Gèlādāndōng Shān

各拉丹冬山

[各拉丹冬山]

Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈／唐古拉山脉 ( Tánggǔlā Shānmài)

tiāndōngběnbǐng'èrtàizhǐ

天冬苯丙二肽酯

[天冬苯丙二肽酯]

aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)

chūnshēng,xiàzhǎng,qiūshōu,dōngcáng

春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏

[春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏]

sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)