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躲

duǒ

HSK 5 Character

What 躲 means

1. to hide
2. to dodge
3. to avoid

Example sentences

• 躲！
  Hide.
• 躲雨。
  Duǒyǔ.
  Stay out of the rain.
• 你躲在树后。
  You hid behind the tree.
• 汤姆躲在棚里。
  Tāngmǔ duǒ zài péng lǐ.
  Tom hid in the shed.
• 我需要躲起来。
  I have to hide.
• 他躲在窗帘后。
  He hid himself behind the curtain.

Words starting with 躲

• 躲藏duǒ cángto conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover
• 躲避duǒ bìto hide; to evade; to dodge
• 躲开duǒ kāito stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)
• 躲闪duǒ shǎnto evade; to dodge (out of the way)
• 躲躲闪闪duǒ duǒ shǎn shǎnto evade; to dodge (out of the way)
• 躲雨duǒ yǔto take shelter from the rain
• 躲债duǒ zhàito dodge a creditor
• 躲年duǒ niánto avoid going home for the Chinese New Year…
• 躲穷duǒ qióngto take refuge with a rich relative
• 躲让duǒ ràngto step aside (for a passing vehicle); to get out of the way; to make way for
• 躲难duǒ nànto take refuge; to seek refuge from disaster
• 躲风duǒ fēnglit. to avoid the wind; fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation…
• 躲清闲duǒ qīng xiánto avoid external disturbance in order to idle
• 躲猫猫duǒ māo māohide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game)
• 躲避球duǒ bì qiúdodgeball
• 躲躲藏藏duǒ duǒ cáng cángto be in hiding
• 躲懒duǒ lǎnto shy away from work; to get by without attending duty
• 躲得过初一，躲不过十五duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔlit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out…
• 躲过初一，躲不过十五duǒ guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔsee 躲得過初一，躲得过初一，躲不过十五

Words containing 躲

• 闪躲shǎn duǒto dodge; to evade
• 藏躲cáng duǒto hide; to conceal
• 东躲西闪dōng duǒ xī shǎnto dodge about
• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fánglit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom)…
• 明枪好躲，暗箭难防míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fángsee 明槍易躲，明枪易躲，暗箭难防

Characters built on 朵

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

• 垛duǒbattlement; target
• 跺duòto stamp one's feet
• 剁duòto chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)
• 哚duǒused in 吲哚

Characters that look like 躲

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

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 辐fúspoke of a wheel
• 魁kuíchief; head; outstanding
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops

Sounds the same

Read duǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朵flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides
• 垛battlement; target
• 哚used in 吲哚
• 埵solid earth
• 亸hang down
• 躱variant of 躲
• 軃variant of 亸