Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 登

to scale (a height)
to ascend
to mount
to publish or record
to enter (e.g. in a register)
to press down with the foot
to step or tread on
to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

ta da!
wow!

to register (one's name)

to carry a story
to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)

(of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top

Yongdeng county in Lanzhou 蘭州／兰州 ( Lánzhōu), Gansu

Biden (name)
Joe Biden (1942-), US president (2021-), vice-president 2009-2017

to become immortal
big promotion
die

to board a ship

Dengfeng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州／郑州 ( Zhèngzhōu), Henan

to register
to log in

Wendeng, county-level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong

to climb a mountain
climbing
mountaineering

record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)

to publish in the newspapers

modern (loanword)
fashionable

to ascend the throne

to board a plane

to publish (in newspapers or magazines)
to record (bookkeeping entries)

immediately
at once

plentiful harvest
bumper crop

to climb over
to ascend onto
to mount

to go ashore
to disembark

to climb a mountain
to scale a peak
mountain climbing
mountaineering

to land
to come ashore
to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄／登录 (dēnglù))

to go (up) to the moon

to log out (computer)
to publish
to be published
to appear (in a newspaper etc)

to climb
to pull oneself up
to clamber
to scale
fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger

(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

to visit places famous for their scenery

to ascend the throne

to log in (to a computer)
to enter (data)

death of an emperor

to visit sb at home

to go up

(lit. and fig.) to get to the top

to go on stage
fig. to appear on the scene
used in advertising to mean new product

to publish unaltered

Hayden or Haydn (name)

Baden (region in Germany)

departure gate (aviation)

Attenborough (name)
David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster

to register one's name
account name (on a computer)

carabiner

Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland)

Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020), Taiwanese politician, president of ROC 1988-2000

Gutenberg (name)
Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press
Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale

dēngguǎnggào

to advertise

Master Dengtu, a famous historical lecherous character
lecher; skirt-chaser

airport terminal

boarding pass

boarding gate (at airport)
aircraft boarding bridge

registrar

Wendeng, county-level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong

passbook entry machine

Dengfeng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州／郑州 ( Zhèngzhōu), Henan

mountaineer

boarding pass

landing craft

registration form

Sheraton (hotel chain)

Halden (city in Norway)

to publish
to appear (in print)

to ascend to the throne

brim full
filled to overflowing

mountain bike (Tw)

Luo Maodeng (16th century), Ming author of operas and popular fiction

boarding gate

Yǒngdēngxiàn

Yongdeng county in Lanzhou 蘭州／兰州 ( Lánzhōu), Gansu

Edward Snowden (1983-), American surveillance program whistleblower

dengue fever
Singapore hemorrhagic fever

(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

Běn· Lādēng

Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

yībùdēngtiān

reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

dēngjīlángqiáo

air bridge
aircraft boarding bridge

dēnglùyuèqiú

to land on the moon

Wēnbù'ěrdēng

Wimbledon (district of southwest London)
Wimbledon Championships (tennis)

dēngjīshǒuxù

(airport) check-in
boarding formalities

dāndiǎndēnglù

single sign-on (SSO)

Sītú Léidēng

John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China

fěnmòdēngchǎng

to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)

dēngtáibiǎoyǎn

to go on stage

dēnggāoyīhū

to make a clarion call
to make a public appeal

yuǎnchéngdēnglù

telnet
rlogin
remote login

xuǎnmíndēngjì

voter registration

dēnggāowàngyuǎn

to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view
acute foresight

Bèilìkǎdēng

Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork
Ballycotton, music band

dēngyōngréncái

to employ talent (idiom)

huābulēngdēng

gaudy; having too many jumbled colors

dēnggéyìmiáo

dengue vaccine

dēnggébìngdú

dengue virus

dēngjīrùkǒu

boarding gate

wǔgǔfēngdēng

abundant harvest of all food crops
bumper grain harvest

dēngjìyònghù

registered user

dānyīdēngrù

(Tw) single sign-on (SSO)

dēngtángrùshì

lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level

mǎnmǎndēngdēng

ample
extremely abundant

nányúdēngtiān

harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)

Bólándēngbǎo

Brandenburg

Lìchí Kǎdēng

Ritz-Carlton (hotel chain)

jiézúxiāndēng

the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)
the early bird catches the worm
first come, first served

dēngfēngzàojí

to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements)

shǎbùlèngdēng

stupid; dazed

Lùyì Wēidēng

Louis Vuitton (brand)

Lièzhīdūnsīdēng

列支敦斯登

[列支敦斯登]

Liechtenstein (Tw)

Módēng Yuánshǐrén

摩登原始人

[摩登原始人]

The Flintstones (TV Series)

diǎnxíngdēnggérè

典型登革热

[典型登革熱]

dengue fever

Pǔluówéidēngsī

普罗维登斯

[普羅維登斯]

Providence, capital of Rhode Island

bǐdēngtiānháinán

比登天还难

[比登天還難]

lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
fig. extremely difficult
far from an easy task

Lièzhīdūnshìdēng

列支敦士登

[列支敦士登]

Liechtenstein

Dàwèi· Aìdēngbǎo

大卫·艾登堡

[大衛·艾登堡]

David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster

chūxuèxìngdēnggérè

出血性登革热

[出血性登革熱]

dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)

bùdēngdàyǎzhītáng

不登大雅之堂

[不登大雅之堂]

lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)
not presentable
coarse
unrefined

dēngjīshǒuxùguìtái

登机手续柜台

[登機手續櫃檯]

check-in counter

Bādēng· Fúténgbǎozhōu

巴登·符腾堡州

[巴登·符騰堡州]

Baden-Württemberg, southwest German state, capital Stuttgart 斯圖加特／斯图加特 ( Situjiātē)

wúshìbùdēngsānbǎodiàn

无事不登三宝殿

[無事不登三寶殿]

lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom)
fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)

cóngshànrúdēng,cóng'èrúbēng

从善如登，从恶如崩

[從善如登，從惡如崩]

doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)

Wēnbù'ěrdēng Wǎngqiú Gōngkāisài

温布尔登网球公开赛

[溫布爾登網球公開賽]

Wimbledon Championships (tennis)