Pinyin "dou4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "dou4" is split up into two parts: "d" and "ou4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "d"

D is for Don Quixote.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou4"

In the outhouse's bathroom.

Characters pronounced dou4

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel
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to stay / to stop / to tease (play with) / amusing / short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])
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to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])
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to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
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Japanese variant of 鬥|斗
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variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
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