栋棟

dòng

HSK level: HSK 6

Meaning

classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)

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Characters

栋dòngridge-beam; the main support of a house木东

Examples

那栋房子很大。

nà dòng fáng zi hěn dà。

That house is big.

我盖了栋新房子。

wǒ gài le dòng xīn fáng zǐ。

I built a new house.

那栋建筑是什么呢？

nà dòng jiàn zhù shì shén me ne？

What's that building?

Words with this character

栋梁 dòng liáng ridgepole 独栋 dú dòng detached 楼栋 lóu dòng building 吴作栋 Wú Zuò dòng Goh Chok Tong, Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004 雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng richly ornamented 汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters