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dòng · dong

Traditional 棟

Meaning

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  1. classifier for houses or buildings
  2. ridgepole (old)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)栋(dòng)老(lǎo)房(fáng)子(zi)去(qù)年(nián)被(bèi)拆(chāi)掉(diào)了(le)。

That old building was torn down last year.

02

小(xiǎo)区(qū)里(lǐ)新(xīn)盖(gài)了(le)三(sān)栋(dòng)住(zhù)宅(zhái)楼(lóu)。

Three new residential buildings were put up in the neighborhood.

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