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吐

tù

HSK 5 Character

What 吐 means

1. to vomit
2. to throw up

Other readings

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

• tǔto spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say

Example sentences

• 我想吐。
  I feel like throwing up.
• 禁止吐痰。
  Spitting is prohibited.
• 我要吐了。
  I'm going to throw up.
• 我刚才吐了。
  I just threw up.
• 我昨晚吐了。
  Last night I puked.
• 汤姆吐了血。
  Tom vomited blood.

Words starting with 吐

• 吐血tù xiěto cough up blood; (colloquial)…
• 吐痰tǔ tánto spit; to expectorate
• 吐露tǔ lùto tell; to disclose; to reveal
• 吐蕃Tǔ bōTubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD…
• 吐气tǔ qìto exhale; to breathe out; (fig.) to let out pent-up feelings…
• 吐口tǔ kǒuto spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
• 吐字tǔ zìdiction; enunciation; (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
• 吐沫tù mosaliva; spittle
• 吐司tǔ sīsliced bread (loanword from "toast")
• 吐实tǔ shíto reveal the truth; to spill the beans
• 吐根tǔ gēnipecac
• 吐弃tǔ qìto spurn; to reject
• 吐丝tǔ sī(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
• 吐诉tǔ sùto pour forth (one's opinions)
• 吐便当tǔ biàn dāng(slang) (of a character) to reappear in a story line after having been supposedly killed…
• 吐瓦鲁Tǔ wǎ lǔTuvalu, island country in the SW Pacific (Tw)
• 吐舌头tǔ shé touto stick out one's tongue
• 吐苦水tǔ kǔ shuǐto have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth; fig. to complain bitterly…
• 吐故纳新tǔ gù nà xīnlit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子
• 吐火罗人Tǔ huǒ luó rénTokharian people of central Asia
• 吐鲁番市Tǔ lǔ fān ShìTurpan, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
• 吐槽tǔ cáo(colloquial) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way…
• 吐槽大会Tù cáo Dà huìRoast! (PRC comedy series)
• 吐鲁番盆地Tǔ lǔ fān Pén dìthe Turpan Depression in Xinjiang

Words containing 吐

• 呕吐ǒu tùto vomit
• 吞吞吐吐tūn tūn tǔ tǔto hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth…
• 谈吐tán tǔstyle of conversation
• 倾吐qīng tǔto pour out (emotions); to unburden oneself (of strong feelings); to vomit comprehensively
• 吞吐tūn tǔto take in and send out (in large quantities)
• 回吐huí tǔto regurgitate; (fig.) (of a stock market) to give up (gains)
• 孕吐yùn tùmorning sickness (during pregnancy)
• 不吐气bù tǔ qìunaspirated
• 催吐cuī tùto induce vomiting
• 吞吐量tūn tǔ liàngthroughput
• 不吐不快bù tǔ bù kuàito have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
• 催吐剂cuī tù jìan emetic
• 倾心吐胆qīng xīn tǔ dǎnto pour out one's heart (idiom)
• 吞云吐雾tūn yún tǔ wùto swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom); to blow cigarette or opium smoke
• 获利回吐huò lì huí tǔ(finance) profit-taking
• 阿普吐龙ā pǔ tǔ lóngapatosaurus; former name: brontosaurus; also called 雷龙
• 酒后吐真言jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yánafter wine, spit out the truth; in vino veritas
• 吃人不吐骨头chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóuruthless; vicious and greedy
• 倾吐衷肠qīng tǔ zhōng chángto pour out (emotions); to pour one's heart out; to say everything that is on one's mind
• 上吐下泻shàng tù xià xièto vomit and have diarrhea
• 辍食吐哺chuò shí tǔ bǔto stop eating and spit out
• 呕吐物ǒu tù wùvomit
• 倾吐胸臆qīng tǔ xiōng yìto pour out one's heart
• 一吐为快yī tǔ wéi kuàito get sth off one's chest

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 域yùfield; region; area
• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 墅shùvilla
• 埔bùused in place names
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum

Characters that look like 吐

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

• 呋fūused in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 吆yāoto shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)

Sounds the same

Read tù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兔rabbit
• 菟dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses)…
• 堍side of bridge
• 鵵Scops semitorques