Usage of the character 洞
dòng
洞
[洞]
- cave
- hole
- zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
- CL:個／个 (gè)
dòngxī
洞悉
[洞悉]
- to clearly understand
kēngdòng
坑洞
[坑洞]
- hole
- pit
- pothole
dòngchá
洞察
[洞察]
- to see clearly
pòdòng
破洞
[破洞]
- a hole
dìdòng
地洞
[地洞]
- tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
dòngchuān
洞穿
[洞穿]
- to penetrate
- to pierce
- to see clearly
- to have an insight into
dòngtiān
洞天
[洞天]
- paradise
- heavenly or beautiful place
- fairyland
āodòng
凹洞
[凹洞]
- cavity
- pit
qǔdòng
龋洞
[齲洞]
- hole due to dental caries
báidòng
白洞
[白洞]
- white hole (cosmology)
yáodòng
窑洞
[窯洞]
- yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)
- CL:孔 (kǒng)
ěrdòng
耳洞
[耳洞]
- ear piercing hole; earring hole
dòngyuán
洞螈
[洞螈]
- olm (Proteus anguinus)
dòngfǔ
洞府
[洞府]
- cave dwelling
- legendary abode of immortals
Hóngtóng
洪洞
[洪洞]
- Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾／临汾 ( Línfén), Shanxi
dòngjiàn
洞鉴
[洞鑒]
- to examine deeply
- to inspect closely
gǒudòng
狗洞
[狗洞]
- dog door
lòudòng
漏洞
[漏洞]
- leak
- hole
- gap
- loophole
suìdòng
隧洞
[隧洞]
- tunnel
shāndòng
山洞
[山洞]
- cavern
- cave
hándòng
涵洞
[涵洞]
- culvert
dòngkāi
洞开
[洞開]
- to be wide open
kǒngdòng
孔洞
[孔洞]
- small hole in an object
dòngkǒu
洞口
[洞口]
- cave mouth
- tunnel entrance
diàndòng
电洞
[電洞]
- electron hole (physics)
shùdòng
树洞
[樹洞]
- tree hollow
- (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets
- (slang) confidant
kōngdòng
空洞
[空洞]
- cavity
- empty
- vacuous
lóngdòng
龙洞
[龍洞]
- cave
- natural cavern (in limestone)
shídòng
石洞
[石洞]
- cave; cavern
hēidòng
黑洞
[黑洞]
- (astronomy) black hole
dòngzi
洞子
[洞子]
- cave
- pit
- (coll.) greenhouse
dòngxué
洞穴
[洞穴]
- cave
- cavern
dòngkū
洞窟
[洞窟]
- a cave
chuāndòng
穿洞
[穿洞]
- pierce
dǎdòng
打洞
[打洞]
- to punch a hole
- to drill a hole
- to dig a hole
- to burrow
bīngdòng
冰洞
[冰洞]
- hole in ice
- crevasse
dòngkǒng
洞孔
[洞孔]
- hole
dòngxiè
洞泄
[洞泄]
- lienteric diarrhea (TCM)
hándòng
函洞
[函洞]
- variant of 涵洞 (hándòng)
Dòngtóu
洞头
[洞頭]
- Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州／温州 ( Wēnzhōu), Zhejiang
róngdòng
溶洞
[溶洞]
- (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave)
Lúdòng
芦洞
[蘆洞]
- Rodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles
chóngdòng
虫洞
[蟲洞]
- (physics) wormhole
méndòng
门洞
[門洞]
- passageway
- archway
wādòng
挖洞
[挖洞]
- to dig a hole
dòngjiàn
洞见
[洞見]
- insight
- to see clearly
fēngdòng
风洞
[風洞]
- wind tunnel
zuāndòng
钻洞
[鑽洞]
- to bore
- to burrow
- to crawl through a tunnel
dòngfáng
洞房
[洞房]
- secret inner room
- bridal room
Dòngkǒu
洞口
[洞口]
- Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽／邵阳 ( Shàoyáng), Hunan
zàngjīngdòng
藏经洞
[藏經洞]
- cave holding scripture depository, part of Mogao cave complex 莫高窟, Dunhuang 敦煌
kōngdòngdòng
空洞洞
[空洞洞]
- empty
- deserted
Dòngtíng Hú
洞庭湖
[洞庭湖]
- Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
dàdìdòng
大地洞
[大地洞]
- cavern
lǎoshǔdòng
老鼠洞
[老鼠洞]
- mouse hole
Hóngtóngxiàn
洪洞县
[洪洞縣]
- Hongtong county in Linfen 臨汾／临汾 ( Línfén), Shanxi
Zhāng Zhīdòng
张之洞
[張之洞]
- Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
wúdǐdòng
无底洞
[無底洞]
- bottomless pit
hēidòngdòng
黑洞洞
[黑洞洞]
- pitch-dark
Dòngkǒuxiàn
洞口县
[洞口縣]
- Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽／邵阳 ( Shàoyáng), Hunan
kāinǎodòng
开脑洞
[開腦洞]
- to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
Lü Dòngbīn
吕洞宾
[呂洞賓]
- Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 ( Bāxiān)
Rénzìdòng
人字洞
[人字洞]
- Renzidong palaeolithic archaeological site at Fanchang 繁昌 ( Fánchāng), Anhui
fángkōngdòng
防空洞
[防空洞]
- air-raid shelter
Dòngtóuxiàn
洞头县
[洞頭縣]
- Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州／温州 ( Wēnzhōu), Zhejiang
nàodòngfáng
闹洞房
[鬧洞房]
- disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
Dàpǔdòng
大浦洞
[大浦洞]
- Taepodong, North Korean rocket series
qiānfódòng
千佛洞
[千佛洞]
- Buddhist grottos
dòngdòngxié
洞洞鞋
[洞洞鞋]
- Crocs shoes (or any similar shoe)
xiǎoyándòng
小岩洞
[小岩洞]
- grotto
dòngchálì
洞察力
[洞察力]
- insight
shuǐliándòng
水帘洞
[水簾洞]
- cave with a waterfall at its mouth
biéyǒudòngtiān
别有洞天
[別有洞天]
- place of charm and beauty
- scenery of exceptional charm
- completely different world
dòngfánghuāzhú
洞房花烛
[洞房花燭]
- bridal room and ornamented candles
- wedding festivities (idiom)
lòudòngbǎichū
漏洞百出
[漏洞百出]
- (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
dòngruòguānhuǒ
洞若观火
[洞若觀火]
- lit. to see sth as clearly as one sees a blazing fire (idiom)
- fig. to grasp the situation thoroughly
kōngdòngwúwù
空洞无物
[空洞無物]
- empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance
- nothing new to show
yǐnshéchūdòng
引蛇出洞
[引蛇出洞]
- lit. to pull a snake from its hole
- to expose a malefactor (idiom)
língrìlòudòng
零日漏洞
[零日漏洞]
- zero-day vulnerability (computing)
yījīrùdòng
一击入洞
[一擊入洞]
- hole in one (golf)
yàoshidòngkǒng
钥匙洞孔
[鑰匙洞孔]
- keyhole
nǎodòngdàkāi
脑洞大开
[腦洞大開]
- imaginative
- to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
dòngcháyīqiè
洞察一切
[洞察一切]
- to see everything clearly
kōngkōngdòngdòng
空空洞洞
[空空洞洞]
- empty
- hollow
- lacking in substance
yīgānjìndòng
一杆进洞
[一桿進洞]
- (golf) hole in one
dòngfánghuāzhúyè
洞房花烛夜
[洞房花燭夜]
- wedding night
Kèzī'ěrqiānfódòng
克孜尔千佛洞
[克孜爾千佛洞]
- Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區／阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
Kùmùtǔlāqiānfódòng
库木吐拉千佛洞
[庫木吐拉千佛洞]
- Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang
Bózīkèlǐkè Qiānfódòng
柏孜克里克千佛洞
[柏孜克里克千佛洞]
- the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang
xiǎodòngbùbǔdàdòngchīkǔ
小洞不补大洞吃苦
[小洞不補大洞吃苦]
- A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
gǒuyǎo Lü Dòngbīn,bùshíhǎorénxīn
狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心
[狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心]
- a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
- to ill reward a person's kindness