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肚

dù

HSK 4 Character

What 肚 means

1. belly

Other readings

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

• dǔtripe

Example sentences

• 我拉肚子。
  Wǒ lādùzi.
  I have diarrhea.
• 我肚子疼。
  My stomach hurts.
• 他肚子疼。
  His stomach hurts.
• 我拉肚子了。
  Wǒ lādùzi le.
  I have diarrhea.
• 你肚子饿吗？
  Are you hungry?
• 我肚子饿极了。
  I am terribly hungry.

Words starting with 肚

• 肚子dù zibelly; abdomen; stomach
• 肚皮dù píbelly
• 肚脐dù qínavel
• 肚兜dù dōuundergarment covering the chest and abdomen
• 肚孤dù gū(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 肚痛dù tòngstomachache
• 肚腹dù fùbelly (old)
• 肚子痛dù zi tòngstomachache; bellyache
• 肚皮舞dù pí wǔbelly dance
• 肚脐眼dù qí yǎnnavel; belly button
• 肚腩dù nǎnbelly
• 肚儿dǔ rerhua variant of 肚

Words containing 肚

• 一肚子yī dù zibellyful (of sth); full of (sth)
• 下肚xià dùto consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
• 拉肚子lā dù zi(colloquial) to have diarrhea
• 大肚子dà dù zipregnant; potbelly; big eater
• 心知肚明xīn zhī dù míngto be well aware
• 牵肠挂肚qiān cháng guà dùdeeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
• 毛肚máo dǔtripe (gastronomy)
• 爆肚bào dǔdeep fried tripe
• 牛肚niú dǔbeef tripe
• 猪肚zhū dǔpork tripe
• 跑肚pǎo dù(colloquial) to have diarrhea
• 鱼肚yú dǔfish maw; a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
• 啤酒肚pí jiǔ dùbeer belly
• 害肚子hài dù ziupset stomach; stomachache
• 将军肚jiāng jūn dùpotbelly
• 小腿肚xiǎo tuǐ dùcalf (of the leg)
• 罗汉肚luó hàn dùpotbelly
• 腿肚子tuǐ dù zicalf (back of the leg below the knee)
• 饿肚子è dù zito go hungry; to starve
• 闹肚子nào dù zi(colloquial) to have diarrhea
• 鱼肚白yú dù báifish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
• 将军肚子jiāng jūn dù zibeer belly (complimentary)
• 小肚鸡肠xiǎo dù jī chánglit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded; petty
• 直肠直肚zhí cháng zhí dùfrank and outspoken (idiom)

Characters built on 月

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

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 骨gǔbone
• 肤fūskin
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit

Characters that look like 肚

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

• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 肋lèi(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read dù, tone for tone, but written differently.

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