洞 dòng▶ hole

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · Level 5

Measure word

个

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 洞 is in band 5. HSK 5 explained

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中洞means a hole. Picture a kid at the beach digging in the sand, and the hole keeps getting deeper. Their friend leans over, looks down, and says it with a laugh. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

洞 is written in 9 strokes.

• 洞

Senses

1. cave
2. hole
3. zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

Related words

• 空洞empty

洞 is pronounced dòng and means “hole”.