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): ㄉㄧㄥㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dīngzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingtzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding¹ zi⁶
  - Yale: dīng jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ ji⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/

Adjective

丁字

(attributive) T-shaped
三匹馬丁字兒廝殺。戰到三十合，戰不倒呂布。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
三匹马丁字儿厮杀。战到三十合，战不倒吕布。 [Classical 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 Lǚbù. [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
丁字步
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
丁字路
丁字路口 (dīngzì lùkǒu)
丁字鋪／丁字铺
丁字鋼／丁字钢

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