dīng gé quǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
dingo (Canis dingo)
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Original source entry:

丁格犬 丁格犬 [ding1 ge2 quan3] /dingo (Canis dingo)/

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  • 丁
    dīng

    male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tiān gān] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl

    zhēng

    used in 丁丁[zhēng zhēng]

    Dīng

    surname Ding

  • 格
    gē

    used in 格登[gē dēng] / used in 格格[gē gē]

    gé

    square / lattice / grid / frame / compartment / partition / slot (within a larger unit) / (bound form) standard / norm / specification / (bound form) character / disposition / moral quality / style / aesthetic tone / (bound form) rhetorical form / stylistic pattern / (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case / (literary) to correct / to rectify / (literary) to arrive at / to reach / (literary) to obstruct / to hinder / (literary) to investigate exhaustively / classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

  • 犬
    quǎn

    (literary) dog / Kangxi radical 94

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