What does 荡 mean in Chinese?

荡 (dàng) means "to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 荡?

荡 is pronounced "dàng" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 4.

荡 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

Common words with 荡 include 动荡 (unrest (social or political)), 冶荡 (lewd), 动荡 (variant of 動蕩|动荡[dong4 dang4]), 坦荡 (magnanimous), 悬荡 (to hang).

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荡

dàng

to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move

verb

Traditional: 蕩

Radical: 艸 (no. 140)Traditional: 蕩

洪水荡平了整个村庄。

Hóngshuǐ dàngpíng le zhěng gè cūnzhuāng

The flood swept away the entire village

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	HSK
动荡	dòng dàng	unrest (social or political)	HSK 7-9
冶荡	yě dàng	lewd
动荡	dòng dàng	variant of 動蕩\|动荡[dong4 dang4]	HSK 7-9
坦荡	tǎn dàng	magnanimous
悬荡

荡 is not on the HSK 2.0 lists or the new exam syllabus.

Not on the HSK lists

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