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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dù | Du4
English translation
surname Du
birchleaf pear (tree)
to stop
to prevent
to restrict
to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

tree

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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hāi , "杜洛埃 shuì , duì de 语气 yǔqì 感到 gǎn dào 大惑 Xiè , " 早就 zǎo jiù 知道 zhīdào zhè jiàn shì le , 对不对 duì bù duì ? ”

" Why,'said Drouet, puzzled at her tone, " you knew that, didn't you? "

zài 英国 Yīng guó 杜鹃 dù juān diǎo shì 报春 de 使者 shǐ zhě .

In England the cuckoo is the herald of spring.

杜鹃 dù juān diǎo 预告 yù gào 春天 chūn tiān de 来临 lái lín .

The cuckoo is the herald of spring.

高尔夫 gāo ěr fū 球场 qiú chǎng shì yǒu bài 高尔夫 gāo ěr fū 俱乐部 jùlèbù .

For golfers there is the Dubai Creek Golf Club.

hǎo , shuì de dǎo 有意思 yǒu yì si , " 杜洛 āi rǎng dào , 一点 yī diǎn méi 想到 xiǎng dào 自己 zìjǐ 刚才 gāngcái de huà 已经 yǐjīng 激怒 jī nù le 嘉莉.

" Well, I like that, " exclaimed Drouet, little realising the fire his remark had generated.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to stop
杜绝 dùjué to put an end to杜絕
杜威 Dù Wēi Dewey (name)杜威 Dù Wēi
杜鹃 dù juān cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 dù juān niǎo )杜鵑
杜甫 Dù Fǔ Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet杜甫 Dù Fǔ
杜马 Dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament杜馬
杜撰 dù zhuàn to fabricate杜撰 dù zhuàn
杜仲 dù zhòng eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)杜仲 dù zhòng
阿卜杜拉 Ā bǔ dù lā Abdullah (name)阿卜杜拉 Ā bǔ dù lā
杜邦 Dù bāng DuPont (company)杜邦 Dù bāng
杜鹃花 dù juān huā Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)杜鵑花
杜琪峰 Dù Qí fēng Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director杜琪峰 Dù Qí fēng
杜蕾斯 Dù lěi sī Durex, a condom brand name杜蕾斯 Dù lěi sī
杜月笙 Dù Yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist杜月笙 Dù Yuè shēng
杜冷丁 dù lěng dīng pethidine杜冷丁 dù lěng dīng
杜比 Dù bǐ Dolby (audio technology)杜比 Dù bǐ
瓦加杜古 Wǎ jiā dù gǔ Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso瓦加杜古 Wǎ jiā dù gǔ

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