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PRONUNCIATION OF DONGTING

Dongting  [ˈdʊŋˈtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DONGTING

noun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dongting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DONGTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dongting

Dongting Lake

Dongting Lake, or Lake Dongting is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hu'nan province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River. Hence the lake's size depends on the season. The provinces of Hubei and Hu'nan are named after their location relative to the lake: Hubei means "North of the Lake" and Hu'nan means "South of the Lake" in Chinese. Dongting Lake is famous in Chinese culture as the place of origin of Dragon boat racing. It is the site of Junshan island, and is a home to the Finless Porpoise, which is endangered in China.

Definition of Dongting in the English dictionary

The definition of Dongting in the dictionary is a lake in S China, in NE Hunan province: main outlet flows to the Yangtze; rice-growing in winter. Area: 3900 sq km.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DONGTING


accounting
əˈkaʊntɪŋ
acting
ˈæktɪŋ
computing
kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ
connecting
kəˈnɛktɪŋ
consulting
kənˈsʌltɪŋ
contrasting
kənˈtræstɪŋ
cutting
ˈkʌtɪŋ
dating
ˈdeɪtɪŋ
eating
ˈiːtɪŋ
exciting
ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ
existing
ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ
fighting
ˈfaɪtɪŋ
frosting
ˈfrɒstɪŋ
heating
ˈhiːtɪŋ
hunting
ˈhʌntɪŋ
interesting
ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ
lighting
ˈlaɪtɪŋ
listing
ˈlɪstɪŋ
Paoting
ˈpaʊˈtɪŋ
Tungting
ˌtʊŋˈtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DONGTING

Donegal
doneness
doner
doner kebab
Donets
Donets Basin
Donetsk
dong
donga
dongle
Dongola
doning
Donizetti

WORDS THAT END LIKE DONGTING

casting
collecting
Lagting
meeting
operating
painting
posting
printing
putting
rating
reporting
setting
shooting
sitting
sporting
supporting
testing
visiting
waiting
writing

Synonyms and antonyms of Dongting in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Dongting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DONGTING

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Translator English - Chinese

洞庭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Dongting
570 millions of speakers

English

Dongting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Dongting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دونغتينغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дунтинху
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Dongting
270 millions of speakers

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Dongting
260 millions of speakers

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Dongting
220 millions of speakers

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Dongting
190 millions of speakers

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Dongting
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

洞庭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

둥팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dongting
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Động Đình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Dongting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोंगटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dongting
70 millions of speakers

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Dongting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dongting
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дунтинху
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Dongting
30 millions of speakers
el

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Dongting
15 millions of speakers
af

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Dongting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Dongting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Dongting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Dongting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DONGTING»

The term «Dongting» is regularly used and occupies the 83.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DONGTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dongting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DONGTING»

Discover the use of Dongting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dongting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress, ...
Analysis. of. Geo-Environmental. System. of. Dongting. Lake. ZHANG RENQUAN, LIANG XING, SUN LIANFA, JIN MENGGUI, LI ZHENHUA China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China ZHANG GUOLIANG, PI JIANGAO ...
Zhonghu Zhang, 1997
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Screening Natural Products for Chemopreventive Agents Based ...
(1) Screening marine extracts for ligands binding to human retinoid X receptor alpha (hRXRalpha) using ultrafiltration LC-MS-MS. A novel assay was developed and optimized.
Dongting Liu, 2008
3
ICCTP 2009: Critical Issues in Transportation System ...
So it is necessary to protecting wetland resources in Dongting Lake. There are 303 kinds of birds live in Dongting Lake area, its quantity reaches1.5 millions. There are 37 habitats that over ten thousand of birds gathered in each habitat.
Yinhai Wang, Ping Yi, Shi An, 2009
4
China
Yueyang. and. Dongting. Hu. YUEYANG, a major riverside city and stop for Yangzi ferries on the Beijing— Guangzhou rail line, lies 120km north of Changsha on the eastern shores of Dongting Hu, the second largest freshwater lake ...
David Leffman, Simon Lewis, Jeremy Atiyah, 2003
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Rural China: Economic and Social Change in the Late ...
In Dongting, which was representative of the situation in south Jiangsu, collective enterprises were of much greater importance than in Jinji and the other towns in Ningxia. Of the 39,700 inhabitants of Dongting in 1992 — almost double the ...
Thomas Heberer
6
Water Pollution VIII: Modelling, Monitoring and Management
In this study the usefulness of the optimized BCR procedure by using a certified reference material, BCR-701 for prediction metal mobility (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and Ni) from Dongting Lake sediments has been done. From the results of the ...
C. A. Brebbia, J. S. Antunes do Carmo, 2006
7
Solar Thermal Technology: Research Development And ...
After the dam operation, although channel degradation takes place immediately in the near-dam reach, water level changed little around Chenglingji station, which locates at the outlet of the Dongting Lake. Based on these conclusions, some ...
Prosun Bhattacharya, AL Ramanathan, Arun B. Mukherjee, 1990
8
Exhausting the Earth: State and Peasant in Hunan, 1500-1850
Today, Dongting Lake is the second largest lake in China, with an area of approximately 2,700 square km. Archaeologists have discovered settlements dating back to the New Stone Age in the region between Dongting and the Yangtze and ...
Peter C. Perdue, 1987
9
Geography of Hunan: Dongting Lake, Jinggangshan Mountains, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
10
Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China
The Waves of Lake Dongting When the Hunan governor began arresting student activists, Yu Zhimo's two deputies, Chen Jiading and Ning Diaoyuan, fled from Changsha to Japan with the help of Hu Yuantan, the Mingde founder (they were  ...
Stephen R. Platt, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DONGTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Dongting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Massive Antibiotic Pollution in China's Rivers 'Fueled by Abuse'
One of the worst-hit bodies of water was the iconic Dongting Lake in central China, where researchers found some 3,440 tons of the ... «Big News Network.com, Jul 15»
2
China Pharmaceutical Excipients Industry Report, 2014-2017
In March 2014, the company acquired 100% stake in Changsha Zhengyang Pharmaceutical Capsule and 51% stake in Hunan Dongting Citric ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
3
Antibiotic overload
Research into China's major rivers found that Dongting Lake in central China received the largest discharge of antibiotics, with a total of 3,440 ... «Global Times, Jun 15»
4
How a Poetic Martyr Inspired the Dragon Boat Festival
Later, when the Chu capital was taken by the Qin invaders, Qu Yuan was so grief-stricken that he threw himself into Dongting Lake. His legacy ... «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»
5
More Floods Expected to Ravage Middle, Lower Reaches of …
"The main streams in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, have witnessed a higher ... «CRIENGLISH.com, Jun 15»
6
Heavy Rains Continue to Hit Central and Southern China
"The main streams in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, have witnessed higher ... «CRIENGLISH.com, Jun 15»
7
Map of antibiotic-polluted rivers in China released
The group also includes the Songhua River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Dongting River basins. However, the antibiotic ... «ecns, Jun 15»
8
Entering a fairy tale in Taohuayuan
The greatness of Mount Wuling, the rolling waters of Dongting Lake and other mountains and rivers. Moreover, there is also "Fishing Village at ... «ecns, Jun 15»
9
Civilians help in Yangtze ship rescue
Six volunteers with the Yueyang East Dongting Environmental Protection Association have been on site near the capsized ship since the ... «Global Times, Jun 15»
10
Kelley Reardon '15 Named Foreign Languages Department's 2015 …
... for Chinese Studies, and two weeks travelling to Taiyuan, the Loess Plateau, Chengdu, Anlong Village, Zhangjiajie, and Dongting Lake. «Stonehill.edu, Jun 15»

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