丁字

Chinese

		4th heavenly stem; man; people 4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (丁字)		丁	字
Literally: “丁-shaped”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīngzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingzìh
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: dīng-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingtzyh
    • Palladius: динцзы (dinczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: dīng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/

Adjective

丁字

1. (attributive) T-shaped

   • 三匹馬丁字兒廝殺。戰到三十合，戰不倒呂布。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     三匹马丁字儿厮杀。战到三十合，战不倒吕布。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Sān pǐ mǎ dīngzìr sīshā. Zhàn dào sān shí hé, zhàn bù dǎo Lǚ Bù. [Pinyin]

     The three horses had now formed a "T" shape as they fought. After fighting for thirty bouts, they were unable to bring down Lü Bu.

Derived terms

• 丁字兒／丁字儿
• 丁字尺 (dīngzìchǐ)
• 丁字帶／丁字带
• 丁字形
• 丁字形停止
• 丁字斧
• 丁字梁 (dīngzìliáng)
• 丁字步 (dīngzìbù)
• 丁字毛
• 丁字物
• 丁字線／丁字线
• 丁字腳／丁字脚
• 丁字藥／丁字药
• 丁字街 (dīngzìjiē)
• 丁字褲／丁字裤 (dīngzìkù)
• 丁字路 (dīngzìlù)
• 丁字路口 (dīngzì lùkǒu)
• 丁字鋪／丁字铺
• 丁字鋼／丁字钢

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丁	字
ちょう Grade: 3	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

丁(ちょう)字(じ) • (chōji) 

1. Alternative form of 丁子 (chōji, “clove”)