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渡

dù

HSK 6 Character

What 渡 means

1. to cross
2. to pass through
3. to ferry

Example sentences

• 渡边是我的姓。
  Dùbiān shì wǒ de xìng.
  Watanabe is my family name.
• 他们渡河前进。
  Tāmen dùhé qiánjìn.
  They made their way across the river.
• 我在箱根渡假。
  Wǒ zài Xiānggēn dùjià.
  I spent my vacation in Hakone.
• 我们要渡过难关。
  We have to get through this.
• 我见过狗游泳渡河。
  Wǒ jiàn guo gǒu yóuyǒng dù hé.
  I saw a dog swim across the river.
• 我想和你共渡余生。
  I want to spend my life with you.

Words starting with 渡

• 渡过dù guòto cross over; to pass through
• 渡口dù kǒuferry crossing
• 渡船dù chuánferry
• 渡边Dù biānWatanabe (Japanese surname)
• 渡轮dù lúnferry boat
• 渡河dù héto cross a river
• 渡头dù tóuferry crossing point
• 渡轮船dù lún chuánferry ship
• 渡假dù jià(Taiwan) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
• 渡渡鸟dù dù niǎothe dodo (extinct bird)
• 渡鸦dù yā(bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax)

Words containing 渡

• 过渡guò dùto cross over (by ferry); transition; interim
• 偷渡tōu dùillegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border
• 轮渡lún dùferry
• 摆渡bǎi dùferry
• 引渡yǐn dùto extradite
• 横渡héng dùto cross (a body of water)
• 大渡河Dà dù HéDadu River in Sichuan
• 远渡重洋yuǎn dù chóng yángto travel across the oceans
• 普渡pǔ dù(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering…
• 让渡ràng dùto transfer (property, rights etc); to cede
• 官渡区Guān dù QūGuandu, a district of Kunming City 昆明市
• 过渡性guò dù xìngtransitional; bridging
• 中元普渡zhōng yuán pǔ dùGhosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
• 大渡口区Dà dù kǒu QūDadukou, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 官渡之战Guān dù zhī ZhànBattle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操
• 普渡大学Pǔ dù Dà xuéPurdue University
• 过渡时期guò dù shí qītransition period
• 过渡金属guò dù jīn shǔtransition metal (chemistry)
• 涉渡shè dùto ford (a stream); to wade across
• 竞渡jìng dùrowing competition; boat race; swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake)
• 河姆渡Hé mǔ dùHemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
• 河姆渡遗址Hé mǔ dù yí zhǐHemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
• 过渡贷款guò dù dài kuǎnbridging loan
• 过渡性贷款guò dù xìng dài kuǎnbridging loan

Characters that look like 渡

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

• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 湿shīmoist; wet
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain

Sounds the same

Read dù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 度to pass; to spend (time); measure
• 肚belly
• 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