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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dū | du1
English translation
the sound of a horn tooting

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口都

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

dōu

Explanation

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

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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.

duān wǎn Shuǐ ,咕嘟咕嘟 de le 下去 xià qù .

He took up a bowl of water and gulped it down.

我们 wǒmen suǒ Néng 听到 tīng dào de 只是 zhǐ shì 一些 yī xiē 模糊不 Qīng de 劈啪 pī pā shēng , 咕嘟 shēng 嘶嘶声 sī sī shēng .

All we can hear is an indistinct crackling, bubbling and hissing.

汽船 qì chuán Xiàng men 嘟嘟鸣笛 míng dí shí 甲板 jiǎ bǎn shǎng de 水手 shuǐ shǒu men 饶有趣味地挥着手 zhuóshǒu

Steamers tooted at us as sailors on deck waved in amusement.

de liǎn 已经 yǐjīng 不再 bù zài ròu 嘟嘟 de le

Her face had already lost its puppy-fat.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
toot
嘟囔 dū nang to mumble to oneself嘟囔 dū nang
胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dū plump胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dū
嘟哝 dū nong to mutter嘟噥
肉嘟嘟 ròu dū dū chubby肉嘟嘟 ròu dū dū
嘟噜 dū lu bunch嘟嚕

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