| dǐng | tripod |
| 鼎 | ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs pot (topolect) to enter upon a period of (classical) |
| 鼎力 | (honorific) your kind efforts thanks to your help |
| 鼎力相助 | We are most grateful for your valuable assistance. |
| 鼎助 | (honorific) your inestimable assistance thanks to your help |
| 鼎城 | Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市 |
| 鼎城区 | Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市 |
| 鼎峙 | a tripartite balance compromise between three rivals |
| 鼎彝 | sacrificial vessels engraved with inscriptions in honor of worthy men |
| 鼎新 | to innovate |
| 鼎族 | rich patriarchal family aristocracy |
| 鼎沸 | a confused noise a racket |
| 鼎湖 | Dinghu district of Zhaoqing city 肇慶市|肇庆市 |
| 鼎湖区 | Dinghu district of Zhaoqing city 肇慶市|肇庆市 |
| 鼎盛 | flourishing at its peak a golden age |
| 鼎盛时期 | flourishing period golden age |
| 鼎盛期 | flourishing age (of the ceremonial tripod) golden age |
| 鼎立 | lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod tripartite confrontation or balance of forces |
| 鼎足 | lit. the three legs of a tripod fig. three competing rivals |
| 鼎足之势 | competition between three rivals tripartite confrontation |
| 鼎铛玉石 | lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material casting pearls before swine |