dòu = d + ou4
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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dòu = d + ou4
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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How to pronounce 逗

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

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逗 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 豆[dou4]
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dòu = d + ou4
bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel
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chuò = chu + o4
to walk (side part of split character)
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Characters with 逗 as component

逗 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 逗

to provoke / to entice / to lure / to tantalize / to tease / to titillate
to stay at / to stop over
to amuse oneself / to clown around / to provoke laughter

Sentences with 逗

逗 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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dòu

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