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渎

dú

Character Traditional 瀆

What 渎 means

1. disrespectful
2. literaryditch

Example sentences

• 亵渎是没有受害者的犯罪。
  Xièdú shì méiyǒu shòuhàizhě de fànzuì.
  Blasphemy is a victimless crime.
• “小说啊？我就讨厌看小说。”天哪，请原谅她的亵渎行为。
  “ xiǎoshuō ā? wǒ jiù tǎoyàn kàn xiǎoshuō.” tiānna, qǐng yuánliàng tā de xièdú xíngwéi.
  "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.
• “小说啊？我就讨厌看小说。”缪斯，请原谅她的亵渎行为。
  “ xiǎoshuō ā? wǒ jiù tǎoyàn kàn xiǎoshuō.” Miùsī, qǐng yuánliàng tā de xièdú xíngwéi.
  "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.
• 「小说啊？我就讨厌看小说。」天哪，请原谅她的亵渎行为。
  "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.
• 「小说啊？我就讨厌看小说。」缪斯，请原谅她的亵渎行为。
  "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.

Words starting with 渎

• 渎职dú zhíto engage in malfeasance; derelict in duty

Words containing 渎

• 亵渎xiè dú(literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane
• 冒渎mào dúto disrespect; blasphemy
• 自渎zì dúmasturbation; to masturbate
• 贪渎tān dú(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
• 亵渎神明xiè dú shén míngto blaspheme; to commit sacrilege
• 四渎sì dú(archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 长江; (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9

Characters built on 卖

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 牍dúdocuments
• 黩dúblacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟dúcabinet; case; casket

Characters that look like 渎

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

• 途túway; route; road
• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 渲xuànwash (color)
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain

Sounds the same

Read dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 读to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 独alone; independent; single
• 毒poison; to poison; poisonous
• 犊calf; sacrificial victim
• 牍documents
• 髑used in 髑髅
• 黩blacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟cabinet; case; casket
• 㱩abortion; stillborn
• 𮙋to murmur; to slander
• 贕still-born chick (in unhatched egg); variant of 㱩
• 韣bow case