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Pinyin dòng

Radical

力

Strokes

Definition

to use / to act / to move / to change

Usage

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动 (dòng) 1. To change original position or to stop being still; opposite of "静" (change; movement; act). - Examples: 变动 (change), 波动 (fluctuate), 浮动 (float), 振动 (vibrate), 震动 (shake). 2. To cause to begin to happen (make something happen); start happening. - Example: 发动 (initiate). 3. To use or utilize (make use of). - Examples: 使用 (use), 动武 (take military action), 动问 (may I ask). 4. To activate or change; to make emotions change. - Examples: 感动 (touch), 动人心弦 (move people's hearts), 娓娓动听 (be captivating). 5. To eat (mostly used in negative form). - Example: 这几天不动荤腥 (I have not eaten meat these days). 6. Not stationary; in movement. - Example: 动画 (animated cartoon). 7. Changeable or variable. - Example: 动产 (movable property). 8. Behavior or action. - Examples: 举动 (action), 动作 (movement). 9. Often or frequently. - Example: 动辄得咎 (often get into trouble). 动 (dòng) 本义: 行动; 发作 (original meaning: action; outbreak). 造字法: 形声。从力，重声 (character formation: phonetic + semantic). 1. To act; break out; show effect (同本义). - Example: 动作 (movement). 2. To shake, vibrate, or move; opposite of "静" (move; stir). - Example: 风移影动 (the wind moves and the shadow shakes). 3. To sway; shock (动摇; 震撼). - Example: 风雨不动安如山 (calm as a mountain in storms). 4. To touch or evoke (触动感应; 感动). - Example: 明则动 (when enlightened, touch others' hearts). 5. To bud or germinate (萌动). - Example: 春气动 (spring begins to stir). 6. To do, operate, or work (做; 操作; 劳作). - Example: 动事 (handle affairs). 7. To use (使用). - Example: 大动干戈 (make a big effort). 8. To change or alter (改变). - Example: 动色 (change color). 9. To eat (在方言中). - Example: 她向来不动鱼虾 (she usually doesn't eat fish or shrimp). 动 (dòng) - Adverb 常常 (often, frequently). - Example: 动不动 (often).

启蒙运动 qǐ méng yùn dòng

the enlightenment

风吹草动 fēng chuī cǎo dòng

lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble

吹动 chuī dòng

blow

运动员 yùn dòng yuán

athlete / CL:名[ming2],個|个[ge4]

动员 dòng yuán

to mobilize / to arouse / mobilization / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]

动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù

faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right

反动派 fǎn dòng pài

reactionaries

变动 biàn dòng

to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation

哄动 hōng dòng

variant of 轟動|轰动[hong1 dong4]

响动 xiǎng dòng

sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5]

啮齿类动物 niè chǐ lèi dòng wù

rodent

啮齿动物 niè chǐ dòng wù

rodent

动物园 dòng wù yuán

zoo / CL:個|个[ge4]

动植物园 dòng zhí wù yuán

Zoological and Botanical Garden

甲壳动物 jiǎ qiào dòng wù

crustacean

妄动 wàng dòng

to rush indiscriminately into action

轻举妄动 qīng jǔ wàng dòng

to act blindly without thinking (idiom)

娓娓动听 wěi wěi dòng tīng

to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner (idiom)

岿然不动 kuī rán bù dòng

steadfastly stand on one's ground / remain firm / remain unmoved / standing erect and unshakable

劳动资料 láo dòng zī liào

means of labor

劳动量 láo dòng liàng

sum of labour / amount of labour

必要劳动 bì yào láo dòng

Necessary labor

匀速运动 yún sù yùn dòng

uniform motion

自动化 zì dòng huà

automation

倾巢出动 qīng cháo chū dòng

turn out in full strength / turn out in full force

带动 dài dòng

to spur / to provide impetus / to drive

主动脉弓 zhǔ dòng mài gōng

arcus aortae

动弹 dòng tan

to budge

田径运动 tián jìng yùn dòng

track and field sports

剩余劳动力 shèng yú láo dòng lì

surplus labor / manpower surplus

启动 qǐ dòng

to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)

动力 dòng lì

motive power / force / (fig.) motivation / impetus

劳动力 láo dòng lì

labor force / manpower

劳动 láo dòng

work / toil / physical labor / CL:次[ci4]

运动 yùn dòng

to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL:場|场[chang3]

动物 dòng wù

animal / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]

行动 xíng dòng

operation / action / to move / mobile / CL:個|个[ge4]

推动 tuī dòng

to push (for acceptance of a plan) / to push forward / to promote / to actuate / CL:個|个[ge4]

发动 fā dòng

to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse

动态 dòng tài

movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science)

动手 dòng shǒu

to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch

移动 yí dòng

to move / movement / migration / mobile / portable

自动 zì dòng

automatic / voluntarily

激动 jī dòng

to move emotionally / to stir up (emotions) / to excite

流动 liú dòng

to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid

发动机 fā dòng jī

engine / motor / CL:臺|台[tai2]

感动 gǎn dòng

to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving

反动 fǎn dòng

reaction / reactionary

劳动者 láo dòng zhě

worker / laborer

劳动人民文化宫 láo dòng rén mín wén huà gōng

Working People's Cultural Palace

劳动生产率 láo dòng shēng chǎn lǜ

labo(u)r productivity

反刍动物 fǎn chú dòng wù

ruminant

怦然心动 pēng rán xīn dòng

to feel a rush of excitement (idiom)

恒温动物 héng wēn dòng wù

homothermal animal

悸动 jì dòng

to pound / to throb

惊动 jīng dòng

to alarm / to startle / to disturb

惊心动魄 jīng xīn dòng pò

shaking one to the core / extremely disturbing / hair-raising (idiom)

振动 zhèn dòng

to vibrate / to shake / vibration

大动干戈 dà dòng gān gē

to go to war (idiom) / to make a big fuss over sth

扁形动物 piān xíng dòng wù

flatworm / phylum of Platyhelminthes

扇动 shān dòng

to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc)

扣动 kòu dòng

to pull (a trigger)

扭动 niǔ dòng

twist / wring / writhe / wreathe

扯动 chě dòng

Pull

扰动 rǎo dòng

to disturb / to stir up / disturbance / agitation / turmoil

扳动 bān dòng

to pull out / to pull a lever

抖动 dǒu dòng

to tremble

抽动 chōu dòng

to twitch / to throb / a spasm / to extract and use

拉动 lā dòng

pull / heave

拖动 tuō dòng

to drag / to tow / (computing) to drag (mouse operation)

攒动 cuán dòng

move in crowd / bustle

拨动 bō dòng

to stir / to prod / to poke / to move sideways / to strum (on a guitar etc)

按兵不动 àn bīng bù dòng

to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time

挑动 tiǎo dòng

to entice / to arouse / to provoke

挥动 huī dòng

to wave sth / to brandish

挪动 nuó dòng

to move / to shift

振动器 zhèn dòng qì

vibrator / rocker / oscillating guide / vibrolode

掀动 xiān dòng

to stir / to lift / to set sth in motion

搅动 jiǎo dòng

to mix / to stir

搏动 bó dòng

to beat rhythmically / to throb / to pulsate

搬动 bān dòng

to move (sth around) / to move house

冠状动脉 guān zhuàng dòng mài

coronary artery

冲动 chōng dòng

to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge

动如脱兔 dòng rú tuō tù

as nimble as an escaping hare when going into action

摄动 shè dòng

perturbation / disturbance

摆动 bǎi dòng

to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate

动摇 dòng yáo

to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to

摇动 yáo dòng

to shake / to sway

撬动 qiào dòng

prize

撼动 hàn dòng

to shake up / to deal a shock / (fig.) to stir (sb's heart)

撼天动地 hàn tiān dòng dì

earth-shaking

滚动摩擦 gǔn dòng mó cā

rolling friction / friction of rolling

人头攒动 rén tóu cuán dòng

crowded

万头攒动 wàn tóu cuán dòng

Tens of thousands

整风运动 zhěng fēng yùn dòng

Rectification campaign / political purge / cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges

晃动 huàng dòng

to sway / to rock

暴动 bào dòng

insurrection / rebellion

脊椎动物 jǐ zhuī dòng wù

vertebrate

机动 jī dòng

locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)

松动 sōng dòng

loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded

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