棟 (dung3) — pillar; ridgepole; main beam supporting a house in Cantonese
dung˗₃棟简 栋
Mandarin Pinyin: dong4
Meaning of 棟
nounpillar; ridgepole; main beam supporting a house
noun(for house) block
nounto stand up or stand straight (Cantonese)
Example Sentences with 棟
我就快搬去棟新大廈
I will move to a new building soon.
呢棟大廈有自來水
This building has "self-arrived" ("running") water.
taiˊ²睇dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑
Watch stand-up comedy.
keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑
He tells jokes.
dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑houˊ²好siu˗₃笑
Stand-up comedy is funny.
Words Containing 棟
棟樑dung3 leong4
pillar or column of a building
棟篤笑dung6 duk1 siu3
stand up comedy; joke
未來棟樑mei6 loi4 dung3 leong4
used to describe teenagers to young adults who are in senior forms of school or have just started working and will be the future financial supporters and contributors to society
三棟屋博物館saam1 dung6 uk1 bok3 mat6 gun2
Sam Tung Uk Museum
棟宇dung6 jyu5
a house; a mansion; a building
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