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度

dù

HSK 4 Character

What 度 means

1. to pass
2. to spend (time)
3. measure
4. limit
5. extent
6. degree of intensity
7. degree (angles, temperature etc)
8. kilowatt-hour
9. classifier for events and occurrences

Other readings

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

• duóto estimate; Taiwan pr. duò

Example sentences

• 印度万岁。
  Yìndù wànsuì.
  Long live India!
• 我在度假。
  I'm on vacation.
• 度假愉快！
  Enjoy your holidays.
• 速度提升。
  Faster.
• 我去过印度。
  I have been to India.
• 在湖边度假。
  We had our vacation at the lake.

Words starting with 度

• 度过dù guòto pass; to spend (time); to survive
• 度假dù jiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
• 度日dù rìto pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
• 度假村dù jià cūnresort (vacation property)
• 度量dù liàngmeasure; tolerance; breadth
• 度数dù shunumber of degrees; reading (on a meter); strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
• 度日如年dù rì rú niána day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy; time crawls when one is wretched
• 度外dù wàioutside the sphere of one's consideration
• 度估dù gū(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 度假区dù jià qūresort area; tourist zone…
• 度量衡dù liàng héngmeasurement
• 度夏dù xiàto spend the summer; to get through the summer
• 度娘Dù niángalternative name for Baidu 百度
• 度姑dù gū(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 度牒dù diéBuddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government
• 度烂dù lànsee 赌烂

Words containing 度

• 态度tài dumanner; bearing; attitude
• 速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
• 温度wēn dùtemperature
• 制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
• 程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
• 角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
• 年度nián dùyear (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual
• 一度yī dùfor a time; at one time; one time
• 过度guò dùexcessive; over-; excess
• 季度jì dùquarter of a year; season (sports)
• 风度fēng dùelegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace
• 幅度fú dùwidth; extent; range
• 密度mì dùdensity; concentration
• 摄氏度Shè shì dù°C (degrees Celsius)
• 高度gāo dùheight; altitude; elevation
• 印度Yìn dùIndia
• 难度nán dùdegree of difficulty
• 再度zài dùonce more; once again; one more time
• 力度lì dùstrength; vigor; efforts
• 极度jí dùextremely
• 深度shēn dùdepth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development
• 长度cháng dùlength
• 限度xiàn dùlimit
• 进度jìn dùrate of progress

Characters that look like 度

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

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite
• 厘líone hundredth; centi-
• 虔qiánto act with reverence; reverent
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant

Sounds the same

Read dù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 肚belly
• 渡to cross; to pass through; to ferry
• 杜birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 妒to envy (success, talent); jealous
• 镀to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 蠹insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten
• 喥used in location words (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 里
• 芏used in 茳芏; Taiwan pr. tǔ
• 𬭊dubnium (chemistry)
• 螙variant of 蠹
• 蠧variant of 蠹