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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dù | du4
English translation
to cross
to pass through
to ferry
to cross, to ferry over, to pass through

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵度

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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zài xiǎng 我们 wǒmen 可以 kěyǐ 来趟浪漫 làngmàn de 渡轮 dù lún háng ,或是 huò shì shǎng 潜水 qiánshuǐ .

I was thinking about a romantic cruise or scuba diving lessons.

警方 jǐng fāng jiāng míng 犯人 fàn rén Cóng 佛罗里达州 Fó luó lǐ dá zhōu 引渡 yǐn dù huí 纽约 Niǔ yuē .

The police extradited a prisoner from Florida back to New York.

锣鼓声 Zhōng ,千舟竞渡 jìng dù .

Dragon boats are paddled with a band beating gongs and drums.

渡过 dù guò 别列兹拿河, 溃不成 jūn de 幸存者 xìng cún zhě 一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi de Xiàng 维尔 niǔ 行进 xíng jìn .

Once across the Berezina, the tattered survivors limped toward Vilna.

dào 东到西 dōu yǒu 救星 jiù xīng bāng 渡过 dù guò 难关 nán guān .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to cross
过渡 guòdù transition過渡
渡过 dù guò to cross over渡過
偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration偷渡 tōu dù
引渡 yǐn dù to extradite引渡 yǐn dù
渡轮 dù lún ferry boat渡輪
渡船 dù chuán ferry渡船 dù chuán
渡口 dù kǒu ferry crossing渡口 dù kǒu
轮渡 lún dù ferry輪渡
摆渡 bǎi dù ferry擺渡
横渡 héng dù to cross (a body of water)橫渡
过渡时期 guò dù shí qī transition過渡時期
渡河 dù hé to cross a river渡河 dù hé
偷渡者 tōu dù zhě stowaway偷渡者 tōu dù zhě
过渡性 guò dù xìng transitional過渡性
大渡河 Dà dù Hé Dadu River in Sichuan大渡河 Dà dù Hé
远渡重洋 yuǎn dù chóng yáng to travel across the oceans遠渡重洋
渡边 Dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname)渡邊
官渡 Guān dù Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市 Kūn míng shì [Kūn​míng​shì], Yunnan官渡 Guān dù
大渡口区 Dà dù kǒu qū Dadukou district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan大渡口區
暗渡陈仓 àn dù Chén cāng fig. to feign one thing while doing another暗渡陳倉
竞渡 jìng dù boat race競渡
渡鸦 dù yā (bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax)渡鴉
官渡区 Guān dù qū Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市 Kūn míng shì [Kūn​míng​shì], Yunnan官渡區

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