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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǔ | du3
English translation
to bet, to gamble, to wager

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

money

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

貝者

Semantic compound

bèi

Phonetic compound

zhě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and zhě represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to bet
赌博 dǔbó to gamble賭博
打赌 dǎ dǔ to bet打賭
赌场 dǔ chǎng casino賭場
赌注 dǔ zhù stake (in a gamble)賭注
赌徒 dǔ tú gambler賭徒
赌气 dǔ qì to get in a huff賭氣
赌钱 dǔ qián to gamble賭錢
赌资 dǔ zī money to gamble with賭資
赌局 dǔ jú game of chance賭局
赌鬼 dǔ guǐ gambling addict賭鬼
聚赌 jù dǔ communal gambling聚賭
赌棍 dǔ gùn hardened gambler賭棍
吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ to lead a life of dissipation吃喝嫖賭
赌咒 dǔ zhòu to swear to God賭咒
赌咒发誓 dǔ zhòu fā shì to vow賭咒發誓
赌客 dǔ kè gambler賭客
赌窝 dǔ wō gamblers' den賭窩

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