丁
dīngDīngzhēng HSK7

cubes

丁 dīng frequency
cube noun
small cubes of food, such as meat or vegetables

请把这些猪肉切成小丁，这样炒起来更容易熟。

qǐng bǎ zhè​xiē zhū​ròu qiē​chéng xiǎo dīng, zhè​yàng chǎo qi​lai gèng róng​yì shú.

Please dice this pork; it will cook faster when stir-fried.

fourth proper name
the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems, used to denote the fourth position in a sequence or a grade equivalent to 'D'

甲乙丙丁，他是第四名。

jiǎ yǐ bǐng dīng, tā shì dì​sì míng.

A, B, C, D (first, second, third, fourth), he is fourth.

Ding conjunction
The fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems; a T-shaped object; a small cube (of food).
butyl numeral
(chemistry) referring to a four-carbon organic radical or the fourth item in a series of organic compounds

甲、乙、丙、丁，丁是第四个字。

jiǎ, yǐ, bǐng, dīng, dīng shì dì​sì gè zì.

Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding; Ding is the fourth character.

compass point proper name
(archaic) an ancient Chinese compass point representing 195° on a 24-point compass

罗盘上的“丁”指向西南偏南。

luó​pán shàng de“ dīng” zhǐ​xiàng xī​nán piān nán.

The 'Ding' (direction) on the compass points south-southwest.

encounter pronoun
(literary) to meet with or encounter, often used in the context of mourning or significant life events

丁此大变，他一夜白头。

dīng cǐ dà biàn, tā yī yè bái​tóu.

Due to this great change, his hair turned white overnight.

male adult measure word
a male adult or a person, particularly one available for labor or military service

家里只剩他一丁。

jiā lǐ zhǐ shèng tā yī dīng.

He was the only one left at home.

丁 Dīng
Ding proper name
surname Ding

他姓丁。

tā xìng Dīng.

His surname is Ding.

丁 zhēng
clanging onomatopoeia
used in the onomatopoeia 丁丁 zhēng​zhēng

金属撞击，发出丁的一声。

jīn​shǔ zhuàng​jī, fā​chū zhēng de yī shēng.

The metal objects struck each other, making a 'ding' sound.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,168th most common 121.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,152nd most common 77.7 per million appears in 22% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.1 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
45.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
2
Unicode
U+4E01

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)