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捅

tǒng

Character

What 捅 means

1. to poke; to jab
2. to give (sb) a nudge; to prod
3. to disclose; to reveal

Example sentences

• 你捅娄子了。
  You messed up.
• 他不知道谁捅了他。
  Tā bù zhīdào shéi tǒng le tā.
  He doesn't know who stabbed him.
• 汤姆被人用刀捅死了。
  Tom was knifed to death.

Words starting with 捅

• 捅破tǒng pòto pierce; to poke through
• 捅马蜂窝tǒng mǎ fēng wō(fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
• 捅娄子tǒng lóu zito make a mess of sth
• 捅楼子tǒng lóu zivariant of 捅娄子
• 捅喽子tǒng lóu zivariant of 捅娄子

Characters built on 甬

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 踊yǒngleap

Characters that look like 捅

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

• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 掘juéto dig
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 捱áivariant of 挨

Sounds the same

Read tǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桶bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 统to gather; to unite; to unify
• 筒tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 綂old variant of 统
• 甬variant of 桶; (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)