Ding.
A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou.
Meaning & usage
A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou.
A county of Republican China in Hebei Province.
Where this word comes from
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).
A surname from Mandarin or Eastern Min.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.