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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǔ | tu3
English translation
to spit
to put
to say
to vomit
to throw up
to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口土

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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biē zài 心里 xīn li 一股热烈 rèliè de 情感 qíng gǎn 尽量 jǐnliàng de 倾吐 qīng tǔ 出来 chū lái .

I lavished all the warmth of my pent - up passion.

胸中 xiōng zhōng biē le 好久 hǎo jiǔ de le 出来 chū lái .

The pent - up air burst from his lungs.

婴儿 yīngér wéi bǎo 之后 zhī hòu jiù huì 呕吐 ǒutù .

Baby had no sooner finished his feed than it all camp up.

晕船 yùn chuán jiù 呕吐 ǒutù .

When I get seasick , I throw up my food.

kān , 腊梅 là méi 开始 kāishǐ 吐露 tǔ lù 花蕾 huālěi , Xiàng dōng 宣战 xuān zhàn !

You see, Lamei buds began to reveal to a declaration war winter!

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to spit
呕吐 ǒutù to vomit嘔吐
吐露 tǔ lù to tell吐露 tǔ lù
谈吐 tán tǔ style of conversation談吐
吐蕃 Tǔ bō also pr. [Tǔ​fān]吐蕃 Tǔ bō
吞吐 tūn tǔ to take in and send out (in large quantities)吞吐 tūn tǔ
吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ to hold sth back吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ
倾吐 qīng tǔ to pour out (emotions)傾吐
吐鲁番 Tǔ lǔ fān Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)吐魯番
吐气 tǔ qì to exhale吐氣
吐字 tǔ zì diction吐字 tǔ zì
吐沫 tù mo saliva吐沫 tù mo
吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to blow cigarette or opium smoke吞雲吐霧
吐谷浑 Tǔ yù hún Tuyuhun, a Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 Xiān bēi nomadic people吐谷渾
一吐为快 yī tǔ wéi kuài to get sth off one's chest一吐為快
马克 Mǎ kè ·吐温Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記|哈克贝利·芬历险记[Ha1 ke4 bei4 li4 · Fen1 Li4 xian3 Ji4]馬克·吐溫
上吐下泻 shàng tù xià xiè to vomit and have diarrhea上吐下瀉
吐艳 tǔ yàn to burst into bloom吐艷
吐丝 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk吐絲
吐苦水 tǔ kǔ shuǐ fig. to complain bitterly吐苦水 tǔ kǔ shuǐ
吐鲁番地区 Tǔ lǔ fān dì qū Turpan prefecture in Xinjiang吐魯番地區
吐故纳新 tǔ gù nà xīn lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子 Zhuāng zǐ ); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new吐故納新
吐絮 tǔ xù cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior吐絮 tǔ xù

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Decomposition

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