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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-198563
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210624

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001854545
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 6 BUILDING
		STREET 2:		500 LANE, SHENGXIA ROAD
		CITY:			SHANGHAI
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			201210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86 021 68585011

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 6 BUILDING
		STREET 2:		500 LANE, SHENGXIA ROAD
		CITY:			SHANGHAI
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			201210
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">June&nbsp;24, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Aamira Chaudhry </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lyn Shenk </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Daniel Morris </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mara Ransom </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Trade&nbsp;&amp; Services </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Dingdong (Cayman) Limited (CIK No.&nbsp;1854545) </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1,</FONT> as amended (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-256907)</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40533)</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Chaudhry, Mr.&nbsp;Shenk,
Mr.&nbsp;Morris, and Ms.&nbsp;Ransom: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, Dingdong (Cayman) Limited (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1,</FONT> as amended (the &#147;<B>Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> Registration Statement</B>&#148;) be accelerated to and that the Registration Statement become effective at 4:00 pm, Eastern Time, on June&nbsp;28, 2021, or as soon thereafter as practicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company also requests that the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, covering the American depository shares representing ordinary shares of the Company, be declared effective concurrently with the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> Registration Statement(the Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> Registration Statement, together with the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> the &#147;<B>Registration Statements</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If there is any change in the acceleration request set forth above, the Company will promptly notify you of the change, in which case the
Company may be making an oral request for acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statements in accordance with Rule 461. The request may be made by an executive officer of the Company or by any attorney from the Company&#146;s U.S.
counsel, Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis International LLP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company understands that the representatives of the underwriters of the
offering have joined in this request in a separate letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) today. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby acknowledges the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">should the Commission or the staff of the Commission (the &#147;Staff&#148;), acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing
effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding
initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>(Signature page
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Dingdong (Cayman) Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Changlin Liang</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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