登

dēng

B1 Level 5
Verb

登 (dēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to scale (a height)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to scale (a height)
  2. to ascend
  3. to mount
  4. to publish or record
  5. to enter (e.g. in a register)
  6. to press down with the foot
  7. to step or tread on
  8. to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
  9. to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

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Example

他們花了五個小時登上山頂。

They took five hours to climb to the summit.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).