荡
to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
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Dict coverage rank #1,195 U+8361
How 荡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Hot water 汤 wiping out plant life 艹; 汤 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
licentious · Heisig RSH #1757
flower + 汤 soup
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 荡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荡然无存 | dàng rán wú cún | to obliterate completely; to vanish from the face of the earth |
| 回肠荡气 | huí cháng dàng qì | soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork); heart-rending; deeply moving |
| 荡气回肠 | dàng qì huí cháng | heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving |
| 动荡 | dòng dàng | variant of 動蕩|动荡[dong4 dang4] |
| 动荡 | dòng dàng | unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion |
| 脑力激荡 | nǎo lì jī dàng | to brainstorm |
| 空空荡荡 | kōng kōng dàng dàng | deserted |
| 空空荡荡 | kōng kōng dàng dàng | absolutely empty (space); complete vacuum |
| 流荡 | liú dàng | to float; to tramp; to rove |
| 倾家荡产 | qīng jiā dàng chǎn | to lose a family fortune (idiom) |
| 荡然 | dàng rán | variant of 蕩然|荡然[dang4 ran2] |
| 荡然 | dàng rán | vanished from the face of the earth; all gone; nothing left |
| 回荡 | huí dàng | to resound; to reverberate; to echo |
| 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 | yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang | lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom); fig. empty vessel… |
| 波荡 | bō dàng | heave; surge |
| 放荡 | fàng dàng | licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained |
| 游荡 | yóu dàng | to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle |
| 荡秋千 | dàng qiū qiān | to swing (on a swing) |
| 脑震荡 | nǎo zhèn dàng | (med.) cerebral concussion |
| 空荡荡 | kōng dàng dàng | empty; deserted |