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棟

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棟

  • dòng (dong⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄉㄨㄥˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • dung³ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • dung⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • tòng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • tàng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • tiòng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • dong³ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • dòng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄉㄨㄥˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • dòng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • tung⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • dùng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • donq Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • дун Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /tʊŋ⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • dung³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dung⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dung Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • duhng Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /tʊŋ³³/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /tʊŋ²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • tòng Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • doxng Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /tɔŋ⁴¹/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *toːŋs）：意符 木 (“木頭”) + 聲符 東 (上古 *toːŋ) 。

釋義

  1. 可能棄用 房屋的正梁
  2. 房屋的量詞。
  3. figuratively 大人物，重要人物
  4. 四川話 山脊，山脈
  5. 姓氏

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"棟." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%A3%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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棟. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%A3%9F

Chicago

"棟." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%A3%9F.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {棟},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%A3%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}