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tuò

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tuò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuò | tuo4
English translation
saliva
to spit
to spit; to spit on; saliva

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About tuò

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

tuò

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of tuò

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口垂

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

chuí

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using tuò

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有些 yǒu xiē 唾液 tuò yè suān 位于 wèiyú 溶酶 de wài 表面 biǎomiàn .

Some sialic acid is on the external surface of lysosomes.

阿尔奇 rǎng le shēng , yòu wǎng 地上 dì shang cuì le 一口 yī kǒu 唾沫 tuò mo .

Archie grunted and spat on the floor.

xiǎo 剂量 jì liàng 抑制 yì zhì 唾液 tuò yè 分泌 fēnmì 支气管 zhī qì guǎn 分泌 fēnmì chū hán .

Small doses depress salivary and bronchial secretion and sweating.

黑格传达 chuándá de 意思 yìsi shì shuì 胜利 shènglì 唾手可得 tuò shǒu kě dé

Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking.

迈克尔 Mài kè ěr 正给护士 hùshi 示范 shìfàn 如何 rúhé de 唾液 tuò yè 吸出来

Michael was showing the nurse how to suction his saliva.

Words with tuò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
唾液 tuò yè saliva唾液 tuò yè
唾沫 tuò mo spittle唾沫 tuò mo
唾弃 tuòqì to spurn唾棄
tuò saliva tuò
唾手可得 tuò shǒu kě dé easily obtained唾手可得 tuò shǒu kě dé
唾骂 tuò mà to revile唾罵
唾液腺 tuò yè xiàn salivary gland唾液腺 tuò yè xiàn
唾面自干 tuò miàn zì gān to drain the cup of humiliation唾面自乾
唾余 tuò yú castoffs唾餘

tuò Decomposition & Compounds

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tuò Decomposition

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