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跎

tuó

Character

What 跎 means

1. to stumble
2. to waste time

Words containing 跎

• 蹉跎cuō tuó(literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away
• 年已蹉跎nián yǐ cuō tuóthe years have already gone by; to be too old
• 日月蹉跎rì yuè cuō tuóthe years have slipped by

Characters built on 它

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

• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 鸵tuóostrich
• 坨tuómound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 佗tuócarry on the back
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel

Sounds the same

Read tuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陀(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼hump or hunchbacked; camel
• 坨mound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 驮to carry on one's back
• 砣steelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 鸵ostrich
• 佗carry on the back
• 沱tearful; to branch (of river)
• 酡flushed (from drinking)
• 驒(horse)
• 橐sack; tube open at both ends; (onomatopoeia) footsteps
• 紽braid on a robe