动 (動) dòng

  1. dòng verb to move
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, the idiom 风吹草动 when the wind blows the grass moves (CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 1; Kroll 2015 '動' 1, p. 90; NCCED '动' 1, p. 388; Unihan '動'; XHZD '动' 1, p. 155)
  2. dòng verb to make happen; to change
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '動' 2, p. 90; NCCED '动' 2, p. 388; XHZD '动' 3, p. 156)
  3. dòng verb to start
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 动工 start work (Guoyu '動' v 3; XHZD '动' 5, p. 156)
  4. dòng verb to act
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '动' 3, p. 388; XHZD '动' 1, p. 156)
  5. dòng verb to touch; to prod; to stir; to stimulate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, '惊心动魄 'to surprise the heart and move the soul' (CCI p. 38; CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 4; Kroll 2015 '動' 1a, p. 90; NCCED '动' 5, p. 388; XHZD '动' 4, p. 156)
  6. dòng adjective movable
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '动' 8, p. 388; XHZD '动' 1, p. 155)
  7. dòng verb to use
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 使用 (CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 2; NCCED '动' 4, p. 388)
  8. dòng adverb signalling a result
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '動' adv 2; XHZD '动' 7, p. 156)
  9. dòng bound form movement
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '動' 1, p. 90; XHZD '动' 2, p. 156)
  10. dòng adverb often
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 动 is synonymous with 常常 (Guoyu '動' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '動' 3, p. 90; NCCED '动' 7, p. 388; XHZD '动' 6, p. 156)
  11. dòng verb to eat
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 吃 (CC-CEDICT '動'; Guoyu '動' v 5; NCCED '动' 6, p. 388)
  12. dòng verb to revolt; to rebel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '動' 4, p. 90)
  13. dòng adjective shaking; kampita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kampita, Japanese: dō, Tibetan: 'gul (BCSD '動', p. 204; DJBT '動', p. 435; Mahāvyutpatti 'kampitaḥ'; MW 'kampita'; SH '動', p. 343)

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