冬

冬 dōng in a sentence

Winter

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 23 sentences

冬 (dōng) means Winter. Below are 23 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这里的 冬 天很冷。

Zhèlǐ de dōngtiān hěn lěng.

Winter here is very cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 冬

冬 天我不喜欢起床。

Dōngtiān wǒ bù xǐhuan qǐchuáng.

In winter I hate getting out of bed.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 冬

冬 天的白天很短。

Dōngtiān de báitiān hěn duǎn.

The days are short in winter.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 短

冬 天皮肤容易干。

Dōngtiān pífū róngyì gān.

Skin gets dry easily in winter.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 皮肤

河水 冬 天会冻上。

Héshuǐ dōngtiān huì dòng shàng.

The river freezes over in winter.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冻

冬 天的桔子很甜。

Dōngtiān de júzi hěn tián.

Winter tangerines are very sweet.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 桔子

北方的 冬 天很干燥。

Běifāng de dōngtiān hěn gānzào.

Winter in the north is very dry.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 干燥

冬 天他们去南方旅游。

Dōngtiān tāmen qù nánfāng lǚyóu.

In winter they travel to the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 南

冬 天他们用煤炭取暖。

Dōngtiān tāmen yòng méitàn qǔnuǎn.

In winter they heat with coal.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 煤炭

冬 天的土地冻得坚硬。

Dōngtiān de tǔdì dòng de jiānyìng.

In winter the ground freezes hard.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚硬

这是一个漫长的 冬 天。

Zhè shì yí ge màncháng de dōngtiān.

This has been a long winter.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 漫长

冬 天的树枝光秃秃的。

Dōngtiān de shùzhī guāng tū tū de.

The winter branches are quite bare.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 秃

北方的 冬 天十分严寒。

Běifāng de dōngtiān shífēn yánhán.

Winter in the north is bitterly cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严寒

冬 天是这里的旅游淡季。

Dōngtiān shì zhèlǐ de lǚyóu dànjì.

Winter is the off season for tourism here.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 淡季

冬 天要盖厚一点儿的被子。

Dōngtiān yào gài hòu yìdiǎnr de bèizi.

In winter you need a thicker quilt.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 厚

冬 天的海边显得格外荒凉。

Dōngtiān de hǎibiān xiǎnde géwài huāngliáng.

The seaside in winter looks especially bleak.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 荒凉

他靠救济度过了那个 冬 天。

Tā kào jiùjì dùguò le nàge dōngtiān.

He got through that winter on relief aid.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 救济

冬 天的老屋显得格外凄凉。

Dōngtiān de lǎowū xiǎnde géwài qīliáng.

The old house looks especially desolate in winter.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凄凉

地窖里储存着一 冬 天的白菜。

Dìjiào lǐ chǔcúnzhe yì dōngtiān de báicài.

A winter's worth of cabbage is stored in the cellar.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 储存

冬 天的时候,我的鼻子容易干。

Dōngtiān de shíhòu, wǒ de bízi róngyì gān.

In winter, my nose gets dry easily.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鼻子

冬 天来临前要储备足够的燃料。

Dōngtiān láilín qián yào chǔbèi zúgòu de ránliào.

Enough fuel must be stored up before winter comes.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 储备

冬 天要给牲畜准备足够的饲料。

Dōngtiān yào gěi shēngchù zhǔnbèi zúgòu de sìliào.

Enough feed must be prepared for the livestock in winter.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 牲畜

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From the graded readers

去年 冬 天,我在一个陌生的城市迷路了。

qùnián dōngtiān, wǒ zài yīgè mòshēng de / dì chéngshì mílù le / liǎo / liào.

Last winter I got lost in a city I didn't know.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

Questions about 冬

How is 冬 used in a sentence?

This page shows 23 sentences using 冬 (dōng, "Winter"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 冬 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 冬 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 冬 an HSK word?

Yes — 冬 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 冬?

The dictionary page for 冬 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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