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逗 meaning in English

dòu

to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke

HSK 7-9verbadjective10 strokes

Meaning of 逗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dòu
  1. to tease (playfully); to entice
  2. (coll.) to joke
  3. (coll.) funny; amusing
  4. to stay; to sojourn
  5. brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])

逗 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ会huì在zài这zhè里lǐ逗dòu留liú多duō久jiǔ？
How long will you stay here?
我wǒ们men都dōu被bèi他tā的de笑xiào话huà逗dòu得de很hěn开kāi心xīn。
We were all greatly amused by his jokes.
你nǐ在zài这zhè里lǐ逗dòu留liú多duō久jiǔ?
How long are you going to stay here?
整zhěng个gè晚wǎn上shàng他tā都dōu在zài开kāi玩wán笑xiào逗dòu我wǒ们men开kāi心xīn。
He entertained us with jokes all evening.
我wǒ只zhǐ是shì想xiǎng写xiě一yī些xiē没méi有yǒu逗dòu号hào的de小xiǎo句jù子zi。
I'm only going to write small sentences without commas.

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逗 dòu · to tease · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 逗.

逗留dòuliúto stay for a while; to sojourn
挑逗tiǎodòuto provoke; to entice
逗号dòuhàocomma (punct.)

Questions about 逗

What does 逗 mean?

逗 (dòu) means "to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 逗?

逗 is made of 1 character: 逗 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 逗 an HSK word?

Yes. 逗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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