鼎
鼎
dǐng
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206
HSK 6verb
Character Breakdown
Radical: 鼎 (no. 206)
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- (verb) ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
- pot (dialect)
- to enter upon a period of (classical)
- Kangxi radical 206
- one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
Example Sentences
博物馆里展出了一个青铜鼎。
Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū le yí gè qīngtóng dǐng
The museum displayed a bronze tripod
Words Containing 鼎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 九鼎 | Jiǔ Dǐng | the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty | |
| 问鼎 | wèn dǐng | to aspire to the throne | |
| 定鼎 | dìng dǐng | lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) | |
| 福鼎 | Fú dǐng | Fuding county level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian | |
| 鼎力 | dǐng lì | (honorific) your kind efforts | |
| 福鼎市 | Fú dǐng shì | Fuding county level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian | |
| 钟鼎文 | zhōng dǐng wén | bell-cauldron script | |
| 一言九鼎 | yī yán jiǔ dǐng | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight | |
| 三权鼎立 | sān quán dǐng lì | separation of powers | |
| 人声鼎沸 | rén shēng dǐng fèi | lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) |
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