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逗

dòu

HSK 5 Character

What 逗 means

1. to tease (playfully); to entice
2. colloquialto joke
3. colloquialfunny; amusing
4. to stay; to sojourn
5. brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of {读|dòu})

Example sentences

• 那挺逗的。
  That was pretty funny.
• 我被你逗乐了。
  Wǒ bèi nǐ dòulè le.
  You made me laugh.
• 我喜欢逗人笑。
  Wǒ xǐhuan dòurén xiào.
  I love to make people laugh.
• 约翰逗弄他的狗。
  John makes fun of his dog.
• 你在这里逗留多久?
  How long are you going to stay here?
• 你会在这里逗留多久？
  Nǐ huì zài zhèlǐ dòuliú duōjiǔ?
  How long will you stay here?

Words starting with 逗

• 逗留dòu liúto stay for a while; to sojourn
• 逗乐dòu lèto amuse oneself; to clown around; to provoke laughter
• 逗笑dòu xiàoto amuse; to cause to smile; amusing
• 逗号dòu hàocomma (punct.)
• 逗人dòu rénamusing; funny; entertaining
• 逗嘴dòu zuǐto banter
• 逗弄dòu nòngto tease; to provoke; to play with (a child, animal etc)
• 逗引dòu yǐnto make fun of
• 逗情dòu qíngto flirt; to titillate; to provoke
• 逗比dòu bī(slang) silly but amusing person
• 逗趣dòu qùto amuse; to make sb laugh; to tease
• 逗逼dòu bī(slang) silly but amusing person
• 逗点dòu diǎncomma
• 逗哈哈dòu hā hāto joke; to crack a joke
• 逗趣儿dòu qù rto amuse; to make sb laugh; to tease
• 逗人喜爱dòu rén xǐ àicute
• 逗人发笑dòu rén fā xiàoto make people laugh
• 逗闷子dòu mèn zi(dialect) to joke
• 逗哏dòu génfunny man (lead role in comic dialogue 对口相声; to joke; to play the fool
• 逗笑儿dòu xiào rerhua variant of 逗笑
• 逗遛dòu liúvariant of 逗留

Words containing 逗

• 挑逗tiǎo dòuto provoke; to entice; to lure
• 句逗jù dòupunctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)…
• 引逗yǐn dòuto tantalize; to lead on; to tease
• 秀逗xiù dòuto short-circuit; (fig.) to have a mental lapse; to get one's wires crossed
• 挑逗性tiǎo dòu xìngprovocative; tantalizing; titillating
• 撩逗liáo dòuto provoke; to tease

Characters that look like 逗

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 逞chěngto show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme

Sounds the same

Read dòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 斗to fight; to struggle; to condemn
• 豆legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆
• 痘pimple; pustule
• 窦(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
• 读comma; phrase marked by pause
• 饾to set out food
• 脰(literary) neck
• 鬬variant of 斗
• 閗variant of 斗