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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dīngzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥㄗˋ
  - 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

丁字

(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 Lǚ Bù. [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 (dīngzìliáng)
丁字步 (dīngzìbù)
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 (dīngzìkù)
丁字路 (dīngzìlù)
丁字路口 (dīngzì lùkǒu)
丁字鋪 / 丁字铺
丁字鋼 / 丁字钢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丁	字
ちょう Grade: 3	じ Grade: 1
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁字 – see the following entry.

【丁子ちょうじ】

[noun] clove, (Syzygium aromaticum)

Alternative spelling
チョウジ

(This term, 丁字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)