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dòu

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dòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dòu | dou4
English translation
sinuses; corrupt; surname

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About dòu

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

dòu

Contains the radical

xué

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To buy someone off  mài ; a nose-hole xué

Etymology of dòu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

穴賣

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Words with dòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dòu hole dòu
鼻窦炎 bí dòu yán sinusitis鼻竇炎
鼻窦 bí dòu paranasal sinus鼻竇
疑窦 yí dòu suspicions疑竇
情窦初开 qíng dòu chū kāi first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)情竇初開
利玛窦 Lì Mǎ dòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China利瑪竇
额窦 é dòu frontal sinus額竇
情窦 qíng dòu (lit.) love aperture情竇
狗窦 gǒu dòu dog hole狗竇
鼻旁窦 bí páng dòu paranasal sinus鼻旁竇
乳突窦 rǔ tū dòu mastoid antrum (bones at the back of tympanic chamber)乳突竇
狗窦大开 gǒu dòu dà kāi dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)狗竇大開

dòu Decomposition & Compounds

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