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兔

tù

HSK 5 Character

What 兔 means

1. rabbit

Other readings

兔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tùvariant of {兔|tù}

Example sentences

• 狡兔三窟。
  Jiǎotùsānkū.
  A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
• 狗追兔子。
  The dog chased the rabbit.
• 我喜欢兔子。
  I like hares.
• 徒手逮兔挺难。
  Túshǒu dǎi tù tǐng nán.
  It's difficult to catch a rabbit with your bare hands.
• 你喜欢兔子吗？
  Do you like rabbits?
• 猎人在田野追兔子
  Lièrén zài tiányě zhuī tùzi
  The hunter chases the rabbit in the fields.

Words starting with 兔

• 兔子tù zihare; rabbit
• 兔唇tù chúnhare lip (birth defect)
• 兔年tù niánYear of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
• 兔径tù jìngnarrow winding path
• 兔爸tù bàtoolbar (in computer software) (loanword)
• 兔斯基Tù sī jīTuzki, a Chinese cartoon rabbit character used in emoticons and stickers, created in 2006
• 兔热病tù rè bìngtularemia; rabbit fever
• 兔死狗烹tù sǐ gǒu pēng(lit.) when the rabbit is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked (idiom)…
• 兔死狐悲tù sǐ hú bēilit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a…
• 兔崽子tù zǎi zibrat; bastard
• 兔狲tù sūnPallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
• 兔子不吃窝边草tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo(lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)…
• 兔子尾巴长不了tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎorabbits don't have long tails (idiom); its days are numbered; won't last long
• 兔羔子tù gāo zisee 兔崽子

Words containing 兔

• 白兔bái tùwhite rabbit; (fig.) (slang) breast
• 野兔yě tùhare
• 守株待兔shǒu zhū dài tùlit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities…
• 优兔Yōu tùYouTube (unofficial Chinese rendering)
• 捷兔Jié tùHash House Harriers (international running club)
• 海兔hǎi tùsea hare (large sea slugs, mostly of genus Aplysia)
• 玉兔yù tùthe Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon); the Moon
• 米兔mǐ tù(net slang; loanword) #MeToo (movement against sexual harassment and assault)
• 赤兔Chì tùRed Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 吕布
• 天兔座Tiān tù zuòLepus (constellation)
• 小白兔xiǎo bái tùsmall white rabbit; (fig.) innocent and naive person; (fig.) (slang) breast
• 关门兔guān mén tù(sports; colloquial) sweeper (in a running event)
• 东兔西乌dōng tù xī wūlit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom); fig. the passage of time
• 卯兔mǎo tùYear 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
• 狡兔三窟jiǎo tù sān kūlit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall…
• 不见兔子不撒鹰bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīngyou don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)…
• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yúto guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom)…
• 金乌西坠，玉兔东升jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēnglit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the…
• 狡兔死，走狗烹jiǎo tù sǐ , zǒu gǒu pēngsee 兔死狗烹

Characters that look like 兔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 克kèto be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 炙zhìto broil; to roast
• 氚chuān(chemistry) tritium

Sounds the same

Read tù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吐to vomit; to throw up
• 菟dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses)…
• 堍side of bridge
• 鵵Scops semitorques