Chinese symbol for “burrow”
地洞
dì dòng
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
The closest CC-CEDICT match for burrow is 地洞 (dì dòng), defined as: tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “burrow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打洞 | dǎ dòng | to punch a hole; to drill a hole |
| 钻洞 (鑽洞) | zuān dòng | to bore; to burrow |
| 地穴 | dì xué | pit; burrow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地洞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 漏洞 | lòu dòng | leak; hole |
| 洞穴 | dòng xué | cave; cavern |
| 黑洞 | hēi dòng | (astronomy) black hole |
| 空洞 | kōng dòng | cavity; empty |
See also: Japanese symbol for “burrow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.