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陀

tuó

Character

What 陀 means

1. (phonetic)
2. declivity
3. steep bank

Example sentences

• 阿弥陀佛。
  ēmítuófó.
  Praise be to Buddha.
• 卫塞节是佛教的一个节日，纪念佛陀的诞生、成道和涅槃。
  Wèi sāi jiē shì Fójiào de yī gè jiérì, jìniàn Fótuó de dànshēng, chéngdào hé nièpán.
  Vesak is a Buddhist holiday which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.
• 巴苏陀兰的景色崎岖壮丽，别具一格，与我见过的南非其他地方都截然不同。
  The scenery of Basutoland is rugged and grand, with a beauty quite its own, and unlike any other part of South Africa I have seen.

Words starting with 陀

• 陀螺tuó luóspinning top; gyroscope
• 陀罗尼tuó luó níincantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
• 陀螺仪tuó luó yígyroscope
• 陀思妥也夫斯基Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jīFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and…
• 陀思妥耶夫斯基Tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jīFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and…

Words containing 陀

• 阿弥陀佛Ē mí tuó FóAmitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!
• 佛陀Fó tuóBuddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)
• 普陀山Pǔ tuó shānMt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of…
• 弥陀Mí tuóAmitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise; abbr. for 阿弥陀佛…
• 盘陀pán tuótwisted; spiral; uneven stones
• 头陀tóu tuóitinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit)
• 因陀罗Yīn tuó luóIndra (a Hindu deity)
• 布洛陀Bù luò tuócreator god of the Zhuang minority 壮族
• 摩揭陀Mó jiē tuóMagadha, ancient India kingdom reported to be the birthplace of Buddhism
• 普陀区Pǔ tuó qūPutuo district, central Shanghai; Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市
• 曼陀林màn tuó lín(loanword) mandolin
• 曼陀罗màn tuó luó(botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra")…
• 盘陀路pán tuó lùtwisting path; tortuous road
• 阿难陀Ē nán tuóPrince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
• 南普陀寺Nán pǔ tuó sìNanputuo Temple in Xiamen 厦门
• 指尖陀螺zhǐ jiān tuó luófidget spinner
• 李维史陀Lǐ wéi Shǐ tuóClaude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
• 直布罗陀Zhí bù luó tuóGibraltar
• 比勒陀利亚Bǐ lè tuó lì yàPretoria, capital of South Africa
• 阿弥陀如来Ē mí tuó rú láiAmitabha, Buddha of infinite light
• 直布罗陀海峡Zhí bù luó tuó Hǎi xiáStrait of Gibraltar
• 曼陀铃màn tuó líng(loanword) mandolin
• 吠陀fèi tuóVedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends)
• 梨俱吠陀Lí jù fèi tuóRigveda, Indian religious poem

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.

• 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
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time

Characters that look like 陀

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

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 陈chén(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 阵zhèndisposition of troops; wave; spate
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute

Sounds the same

Read tuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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)
• 跎to stumble; to waste time
• 酡flushed (from drinking)
• 驒(horse)
• 橐sack; tube open at both ends; (onomatopoeia) footsteps
• 紽braid on a robe