丁克

丁克

Chinese

		4th heavenly stem; man; people 4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname	gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome
simp. and trad. (丁克)		丁	克

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English DINK.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīngkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ hak¹, ding¹ haak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingkè
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: dīng-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingkeh
    • Palladius: динкэ (dinkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngkèr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄎㄜˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingkèr
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-kʻêrh⁴
    • Yale: dīng-kèr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingkehl
    • Palladius: динкэр (dinkɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹ hak¹, ding¹ haak³
    • Yale: dīng hāk, dīng haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ hak⁷, ding¹ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ heg¹, ding¹ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/, /tɪŋ⁵⁵ haːk̚³/

Noun

丁克

1. DINK (double income, no kids ― a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes)

Synonyms

• 丁客
• 頂客／顶客

Derived terms

丁克族 (dīngkèzú)