Usage of the character 栋
dòng
栋
[棟]
- classifier for houses or buildings
- ridgepole (old)
dòngliáng
栋梁
[棟梁]
- ridgepole
- ridgepole and beams
- person able to bear heavy responsibility
- mainstay (of organization)
- pillar (of state)
dúdòng
独栋
[獨棟]
- (of a building) detached
Wú Zuòdòng
吴作栋
[吳作棟]
- Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
hànniúchōngdòng
汗牛充栋
[汗牛充棟]
- lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
diāoliánghuàdòng
雕梁画栋
[雕梁畫棟]
- richly ornamented (building)