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

(deprecated template usage) 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 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

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