DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

人丁興旺

简人丁兴旺 · 繁人丁興旺

Mandarin · pinyin rén dīng xīng wàng

(idiom) to be a flourishing family with many descendants

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
丁: dīng · male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
興: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
旺: wàng · prosper; prosperous; increase
兴: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–1–1–4 · ren2 ding1 xing1 wang4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

人丁興旺 · find source passages ↗ · 人丁兴旺 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) to have a growing family; to have a flourishing population

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack