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坨

tuó

Character

What 坨 means

1. mound; heap; lump
2. classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)
3. (of noodles, jiaozi {饺子|jiǎo zi} etc) to stick together; to form a clump

Example sentences

• 吃午饭的时候，一坨芥末酱滴下来弄脏了我的领带。
  Chī wǔfàn de shíhou, yī tuó jièmo jiàng dīxià lái nòngzāng le wǒ de lǐngdài.
  A drop of mustard fell and stained my tie during lunch.

Words starting with 坨

• 坨儿tuó rclassifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial)
• 坨子tuó zilump; heap

Words containing 坨

• 冰坨子bīng tuó zi(colloquial) chunks of ice
• 盐坨子yán tuó ziopen-air salt heap
• 秤坨chèng tuóvariant of 秤砣

Characters built on 它

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

• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 鸵tuóostrich
• 佗tuócarry on the back
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time

Characters that look like 坨

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

• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 挖wāto dig; to excavate; to scoop out
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 枸gōubent; crooked
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)

Sounds the same

Read tuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陀(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼hump or hunchbacked; camel
• 驮to carry on one's back
• 砣steelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 鸵ostrich
• 佗carry on the back
• 沱tearful; to branch (of river)
• 跎to stumble; to waste time
• 酡flushed (from drinking)
• 驒(horse)
• 橐sack; tube open at both ends; (onomatopoeia) footsteps
• 紽braid on a robe