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捣

dǎo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 搗

What 捣 means

1. to pound
2. to beat
3. to hull
4. to attack
5. to disturb
6. to stir

Example sentences

• 不给糖就捣蛋。
  Bù gěi táng jiù dǎodàn.
  Trick or treat.
• 汤姆捣碎了大蒜。
  Tāngmǔ dǎosuì le dàsuàn.
  Tom crushed the garlic.
• 你别来捣蛋行吧！
  Nǐ bié lái dǎodàn xíng ba!
  Don't come and cause trouble, OK!
• 汤姆有点调皮捣蛋。
  Tom is somewhat mischievous.

Words starting with 捣

• 捣乱dǎo luànto disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row
• 捣蛋dǎo dànto cause trouble; to stir up trouble
• 捣毁dǎo huǐto destroy; to smash; sabotage
• 捣鬼dǎo guǐto play tricks; to cause mischief
• 捣实dǎo shíto ram (earth); to compact earth by ramming
• 捣弄dǎo nòngto move back and forward; to trade
• 捣烂dǎo lànto mash; to beat to a pulp
• 捣碎dǎo suìto pound into pieces; to mash
• 捣衣dǎo yīto launder clothes by pounding
• 捣卖dǎo màito resell at a profit
• 捣腾dǎo téngto buy and sell; peddling
• 捣鼓dǎo guto fiddle with sth; to trade with sth
• 捣蛋鬼dǎo dàn guǐtroublemaker

Words containing 捣

• 鼓捣gǔ daoto tinker with; to incite
• 调皮捣蛋tiáo pí dǎo dànnaughty; mischievous; to act up
• 直捣zhí dǎoto advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc)…
• 直捣黄龙zhí dǎo Huáng Lónglit. to directly attack Huanglong; fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
• 磕头如捣蒜kè tóu rú dǎo suànlit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom); fig. to pound the ground with one's head

Characters that look like 捣

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

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 掘juéto dig
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎

Sounds the same

Read dǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 导to transmit; to lead; to guide
• 岛island
• 蹈to tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 祷prayer; pray; supplication
• 壔column; cylinder
• 擣stir; to pound
• 禂to pray; prayer
• 嶋variant of 岛; used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or…
• 嶌variant of 岛; used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima