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PINYIN INITIAL D
Chinese characters starting with D
Explore 447 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with D. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 大 (dà), 打 (dǎ), 蛋 (dàn), 到 (dào), 道 (dào), 的 (de).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with D
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大dà3 strokesbig; large; great→打dǎ5 strokesto beat→蛋dàn11 strokesegg→到dào8 strokesto reach; to arrive→道dào12 strokesroad; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])→的de8 strokesof; ~'s (possessive particle)→得dé11 strokesto obtain→弟dì7 strokesyounger brother→第dì11 strokes(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth")→电diàn5 strokeslightning→点diǎn9 strokespoint→东dōng5 strokeseast→都dōu10 strokesall; both; entirely→读dú10 strokesto read out; to read aloud→对duì5 strokesright; correct→多duō6 strokesmany; much→但dàn7 strokesbut; yet; however; still→等děng12 strokesto wait for; to await→地dì6 strokesearth→店diàn8 strokesinn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1])→动dòng6 strokes(of sth) to move→懂dǒng15 strokesto understand→答dá12 strokesto answer→带dài9 strokesband→单dān8 strokesbill→担dān8 strokesto undertake→当dāng6 strokesto be→灯dēng6 strokeslamp→典diǎn8 strokescanon→定dìng8 strokesto fix; to set; to make definite→丢diū6 strokesto lose→冬dōng5 strokes(onom.) beating a drum→段duàn9 strokesparagraph→锻duàn14 strokesto forge→短duǎn12 strokesshort→朵duǒ6 strokesflower→达dá6 strokesto attain→待dài9 strokesto wait→袋dài11 strokespouch→戴dài17 strokesto put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)→导dǎo6 strokesto transmit→倒dǎo10 strokesto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally→刀dāo2 strokesknife→登dēng12 strokesto scale (a height)→递dì10 strokesto hand over; to pass on; to deliver→底dǐ8 strokesbackground→低dī7 strokeslow→掉diào11 strokesto fall→订dìng4 strokesto agree→肚dù7 strokestripe→度dù9 strokesto pass→堵dǔ11 strokesto block up (a road, pipe etc)→断duàn11 strokesto break→队duì4 strokessquadron→顿dùn10 strokesto stop→代dài5 strokesto substitute→旦dàn5 strokes(literary) dawn; daybreak→淡dàn11 strokesinsipid→胆dǎn9 strokesgall bladder→档dàng10 strokes(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes→挡dǎng9 strokesto resist→蹈dǎo17 strokesto tread on→敌dí10 strokes(bound form) enemy→蝶dié15 strokes(bound form) butterfly→冻dòng7 strokesto freeze→洞dòng9 strokescave→斗dòu4 strokesdry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]→豆dòu7 strokeslegume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆[ke1],粒[li4])→独dú9 strokesalone→堆duī11 strokesto pile up→盾dùn9 strokesshield→吨dūn7 strokeston (loanword)→躲duǒ13 strokesto hide→搭dā12 strokesto put up→贷dài9 strokesto lend on interest→呆dāi7 strokesfoolish→诞dàn8 strokesbirth→耽dān10 strokesto indulge in→稻dào15 strokespaddy→岛dǎo7 strokesisland→德dé15 strokesGermany→帝dì9 strokesemperor→抵dǐ8 strokesto press against→滴dī14 strokesa drop→吊diào6 strokesto suspend→钓diào8 strokesto fish with a hook and line; to angle→跌diē12 strokesto fall→顶dǐng8 strokesapex→栋dòng9 strokesclassifier for houses or buildings→逗dòu10 strokesto tease (playfully); to entice→毒dú9 strokespoison→渡dù12 strokesto cross→督dū13 strokes(bound form) to supervise→端duān14 strokesend→蹲dūn19 strokesto crouch→夺duó6 strokesto seize→瘩da14 strokessore→怠dài9 strokesidle→歹dǎi4 strokesbad→逮dǎi11 strokes(literary) to reach→惮dàn11 strokesdread→丹dān4 strokesred→荡dàng9 strokesto wash→党dǎng10 strokesparty→悼dào11 strokesto mourn→盗dào11 strokesto steal→捣dǎo10 strokesto pound→祷dǎo11 strokesprayer→叨dāo5 strokesgarrulous→凳dèng14 strokesbench→瞪dèng17 strokesto open (one's eyes) wide→蹬dēng19 strokesto step on; to tread on→迪dí8 strokesto enlighten→涤dí10 strokesto wash→笛dí11 strokesflute→嘀dí14 strokes(onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc→缔dì12 strokesclosely joined→蒂dì12 strokesstem (of fruit)→堤dī12 strokesdike→甸diàn7 strokessuburbs or outskirts→垫diàn9 strokespad→惦diàn11 strokesto think of→淀diàn11 strokesshallow lake→奠diàn12 strokesto fix→殿diàn13 strokespalace hall→颠diān16 strokestop (of the head)→巅diān19 strokessummit→刁diāo2 strokesartful→叼diāo5 strokesto hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)→凋diāo10 strokeswithered→雕diāo16 strokesto carve→迭dié8 strokesalternately→谍dié11 strokesto spy→叠dié13 strokesto fold→碟dié14 strokesdish→爹diē10 strokesdad→鼎dǐng12 strokesancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs→丁dīng2 strokesmale adult→叮dīng5 strokesto sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)→盯dīng7 strokesto watch attentively→钉dīng7 strokesnail→董dǒng12 strokesto supervise→抖dǒu7 strokesto tremble→陡dǒu9 strokessteep→兜dōu11 strokespocket→妒dù7 strokesto envy (success, talent)→杜dù7 strokesbirchleaf pear (tree)→赌dǔ12 strokesto bet; to gamble→睹dǔ13 strokesto observe→兑duì7 strokesto cash→炖dùn8 strokesto stew→钝dùn9 strokesblunt→盹dǔn9 strokesdoze→敦dūn12 strokeskindhearted→堕duò11 strokesto fall; to sink→舵duò11 strokeshelm→惰duò12 strokeslazy→哆duō9 strokesused in 哆嗦[duo1suo5]→垯da9 strokesused in 圪墶|圪垯[ge1da5]→跶da13 strokesto stumble→妲dá8 strokesfemale personal name (archaic)→怛dá8 strokesdistressed→羍dá9 strokeslittle lamb→荅dá9 strokesChinese character→笪dá11 strokessurname Da→剳dá12 strokeshook→達dá12 strokesChinese character→靼dá14 strokes(phonetic)→鞑dá15 strokesTartar→韃dá21 strokesChinese character→眔dà10 strokesChinese character→咑dā8 strokesda! (sound used to move animals along)→哒dā9 strokes(phonetic)→耷dā9 strokes(literary) big ears→嗒dā12 strokes(onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc→褡dā14 strokespouch→噠dā15 strokesChinese character→岱dài8 strokesMt Tai in Shandong→甙dài8 strokesold term for 糖苷[tang2 gan1], glycoside→绐dài8 strokesto cheat→迨dài8 strokesuntil→骀dài8 strokestired→殆dài9 strokes(literary) dangerous; perilous→玳dài9 strokestortoise shell→埭dài11 strokesdam→帶dài11 strokesChinese character→貸dài12 strokesChinese character→黛dài17 strokesumber-black dye for painting the eyebrow→傣dǎi12 strokesDai (ethnic group)→呔dāi7 strokes(interjection) hey!→啖dàn11 strokesto eat→萏dàn11 strokeslotus→氮dàn12 strokesnitrogen (chemistry)→誕dàn13 strokesChinese character→彈dàn15 strokesChinese character→憚dàn15 strokesChinese character→澹dàn16 strokestranquil→癉dàn17 strokesChinese character→疸dǎn10 strokesused in 疙疸[ge1da5]→掸dǎn11 strokesto brush away→赕dǎn12 strokes(old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement→亶dǎn13 strokessurname Dan→撣dǎn15 strokesChinese character→膽dǎn17 strokesChinese character→眈dān9 strokesgaze intently→郸dān10 strokesname of a district in Hebei→聃dān11 strokesears without rim→酖dān11 strokespoisonous→單dān12 strokesChinese character→殚dān12 strokesentirely→瘅dān13 strokes(disease)→箪dān14 strokesround basket for cooked rice→鄲dān14 strokesChinese character→儋dān15 strokescarry→擔dān16 strokesChinese character→殫dān16 strokesChinese character→簞dān18 strokesChinese character→氹dàng5 strokesChinese character→凼dàng6 strokespool→宕dàng8 strokesdissipated→砀dàng8 strokesstone with color veins→菪dàng11 strokeshenbane→蕩dàng16 strokesChinese character→檔dàng17 strokesChinese character→盪dàng17 strokesChinese character→谠dǎng12 strokeshonest→擋dǎng16 strokesChinese character→黨dǎng20 strokesChinese character→裆dāng11 strokescrotch→铛dāng11 strokesclank→筜dāng12 strokesChinese character→當dāng13 strokesChinese character→儅dāng15 strokesstop→噹dāng16 strokesChinese character→襠dāng18 strokesChinese character→簹dāng19 strokesChinese character→鐺dāng21 strokesChinese character→盜dào12 strokesChinese character→燾dào18 strokesChinese character→纛dào25 strokesbig banner→島dǎo10 strokesChinese character→搗dǎo13 strokesChinese character→導dǎo15 strokesChinese character→禱dǎo18 strokesChinese character→刂dāo2 strokesKangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element, referred to as 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] or 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]→忉dāo5 strokesgrieved→氘dāo6 strokesdeuterium 2H→锝dé13 strokestechnetium (chemistry)→嘚dē14 strokes(onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs→邓dèng4 strokessurname Deng→鄧dèng14 strokesChinese character→嶝dèng15 strokespath leading up a mountain→磴dèng17 strokescliff-ledge→戥děng13 strokessmall steelyard for weighing money→噔dēng15 strokes(onom.) thud; thump→燈dēng16 strokesChinese character→镫dēng17 strokesstirrup→簦dēng18 strokeslarge umbrella for stalls→狄dí7 strokessurname Di→籴dí8 strokesto buy up (grain)→荻dí10 strokesAnaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed)→啇dí11 strokesChinese character→觌dí12 strokesface to face→嫡dí14 strokes(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4])→滌dí14 strokesChinese character→敵dí15 strokesChinese character→镝dí16 strokesdysprosium (chemistry)→玓dì7 strokespearly→娣dì10 strokeswife of a younger brother→谛dì11 strokesto examine→棣dì12 strokesKerria japonica→睇dì12 strokesto look down upon (classical)→遞dì13 strokesChinese character→疐dì14 strokesprostrate→碲dì14 strokestellurium (chemistry)→締dì15 strokesChinese character→諦dì16 strokesChinese character→踶dì16 strokesto kick→螮dì17 strokesChinese character→诋dǐ7 strokesto defame→邸dǐ7 strokessurname Di→坻dǐ8 strokesislet→柢dǐ9 strokesfoundation→牴dǐ9 strokesto butt→砥dǐ10 strokesbaffle (pier)→詆dǐ12 strokesChinese character→骶dǐ14 strokes(bound form) sacrum→氐dī5 strokesfoundation→羝dī11 strokesbilly goat→隄dī11 strokesChinese character→鞮dī18 strokessurname Di→嗲diǎ13 strokescoy→佃diàn7 strokesto cultivate→坫diàn8 strokesstand for goblets→扂diàn9 strokesdoor latch→玷diàn9 strokesblemish→钿diàn10 strokesto inlay with gold, silver etc→鈿diàn13 strokesChinese character→電diàn13 strokesChinese character→墊diàn14 strokesChinese character→澱diàn16 strokesChinese character→靛diàn16 strokesindigo pigment→癜diàn18 strokeserythema→簟diàn18 strokesfine woven grass mat→碘diǎn13 strokesiodine (chemistry)→踮diǎn15 strokesto stand on tiptoe→點diǎn17 strokesChinese character→掂diān11 strokesto weigh in the hand→滇diān13 strokesabbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2] in southwest China→顛diān19 strokesChinese character→癫diān21 strokesmentally deranged→巔diān22 strokesChinese character→癲diān24 strokesChinese character→弔diào4 strokesChinese character→伄diào6 strokesused in 伄儅[diao4 dang1]→釣diào11 strokesChinese character→铞diào11 strokesChinese character→銚diào14 strokesChinese character→調diào15 strokesChinese character→屌diǎo9 strokespenis→貂diāo12 strokessable or marten (genus Martes)→碉diāo13 strokesrock cave (archaic)→鲷diāo16 strokesporgy→鯛diāo19 strokesChinese character→鵰diāo19 strokesChinese character→垤dié9 strokesanthill→瓞dié10 strokesyoung melon→戜dié11 strokesChinese character→喋dié12 strokesflowing flood→堞dié12 strokesbattlements→揲dié12 strokessort out divining stalks→耋dié12 strokesaged→牒dié13 strokes(official) document→諜dié16 strokesChinese character→蹀dié16 strokesto tread on→鲽dié17 strokesflatfish→鰈dié20 strokesChinese character→疊dié22 strokesChinese character→訂dìng9 strokesChinese character→啶dìng11 strokesidine (chemistry)→腚dìng12 strokesbuttocks→碇dìng13 strokesanchor→锭dìng13 strokes(weaving) spindle→錠dìng16 strokesChinese character→頂dǐng11 strokesChinese character→仃dīng4 strokesused in 伶仃[ling2ding1]→玎dīng6 strokesjingling→疔dīng7 strokesboil→耵dīng8 strokesused in 耵聹|耵聍[ding1ning2]→虰dīng8 strokesChinese character→酊dīng9 strokestincture (loanword)→釘dīng10 strokesChinese character→丟diū6 strokesChinese character→铥diū11 strokesthulium (chemistry)→侗dòng8 strokesDong ethnic group (aka Kam people)→垌dòng9 strokesfield→峒dòng9 strokescave→恫dòng9 strokesfrighten→胨dòng9 strokesChinese character→凍dòng10 strokesChinese character→胴dòng10 strokeslarge intestine→動dòng11 strokesChinese character→硐dòng11 strokescave→棟dòng12 strokesChinese character→腖dòng12 strokesChinese character→咚dōng8 strokes(onom.) boom (of a drum)→岽dōng8 strokesplace name in Guangxi province→東dōng8 strokesChinese character→氡dōng9 strokesradon (chemistry)→鸫dōng10 strokesthrush (bird of genus Turdus)→鼕dōng18 strokesChinese character→鶇dōng19 strokesChinese character→鬥dòu10 strokesChinese character→痘dòu12 strokespimple→窦dòu13 strokes(literary) hole; aperture→竇dòu20 strokesChinese character→鬭dòu24 strokesChinese character→枓dǒu8 strokessquare base for Chinese flagstaff→蚪dǒu10 strokesused in 蝌蚪[ke1dou3]→鈄dǒu12 strokesChinese character→蔸dōu14 strokesroot and lower stem of certain plants→篼dōu17 strokesbamboo, rattan or wicker basket→渎dú11 strokesdisrespectful→椟dú12 strokescabinet→牍dú12 strokesdocuments→犊dú12 strokescalf→獨dú16 strokesChinese character→瀆dú18 strokesChinese character→牘dú19 strokesChinese character→犢dú19 strokesChinese character→黩dú20 strokesblacken→讀dú22 strokesChinese character→髑dú22 strokesused in 髑髏|髑髅[du2lou2]→黷dú27 strokesChinese character→芏dù6 strokesused in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]→镀dù14 strokesto plate (with gold, silver etc)→蠹dù24 strokesinsect that eats into books, clothing etc→笃dǔ9 strokesserious (illness)→賭dǔ15 strokesChinese character→篤dǔ16 strokesChinese character→阇dū11 strokesdefensive platform over gate→嘟dū13 strokestoot→缎duàn12 strokessatin→椴duàn13 strokesChinese linden (Tilia chinensis)→煅duàn13 strokesto calcine→緞duàn15 strokesChinese character→簖duàn17 strokesbamboo fish trap→鍛duàn17 strokesChinese character→斷duàn18 strokesChinese character→兌duì7 strokesChinese character→怼duì9 strokesdislike→隊duì11 strokesChinese character→碓duì13 strokespestle→對duì14 strokesChinese character→憝duì16 strokesdislike→懟duì18 strokesChinese character→沌dùn7 strokesused in 混沌[hun4dun4]→砘dùn9 strokes(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds→遁dùn12 strokesto evade→鈍dùn12 strokesChinese character→頓dùn13 strokesChinese character→燉dùn16 strokesChinese character→趸dǔn10 strokeswholesale→躉dǔn20 strokesChinese character→墩dūn15 strokesblock→噸dūn16 strokesChinese character→礅dūn17 strokesstone block→镦dūn17 strokesupsetting (forged pieces)→铎duó10 strokessurname Duo→鈬duó12 strokessurname Duo→奪duó14 strokesChinese character→踱duó16 strokesto pace; to stroll→剁duò8 strokesto chop up (meat etc)→沲duò8 strokesChinese character→陏duò8 strokesold variant of 隨|随[Sui2]→垛duò9 strokesbattlement→媠duò12 strokesold variant of 惰[duo4]→跺duò13 strokesto stamp one's feet→墮duò14 strokesChinese character→哚duǒ9 strokesused in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]→埵duǒ11 strokessolid earth→缍duǒ11 strokesChinese character→軃duǒ19 strokesChinese character→咄duō8 strokes(old)(interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!→掇duō11 strokesto pick up; to collect; to gather up→敪duō12 strokesto weigh→裰duō13 strokesto mend clothes→
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