逗

逗 (dòu) – to tease (playfully)

dòu

to tease (playfully)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

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

Example sentences

See 逗 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 那挺逗的。

    nà tǐng dòu de 。

    That was pretty funny.

  • 我被你逗乐了。

    wǒ bèi nǐ dòu lè le 。

    You made me laugh.

Related words

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

多余

duō yú

superfluous

躲藏

duǒ cáng

to conceal oneself

恶劣

è liè

vile

发愁

fā chóu

to worry

发抖

fā dǒu

to tremble

妨碍

fáng ài

to hinder

肥皂

féi zào

soap

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

讽刺

fěng cì

to satirize

辅导

fǔ dǎo

to give guidance

付款

fù kuǎn

to pay a sum of money

Appears in

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