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Character Decomposition
逗=辶+豆
Etymology
walk
Meanings
to tease (playfully); to entice
(coll.) to joke
(coll.) funny; amusing
to stay; to sojourn
brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of dòu)
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Words with 逗 39 total
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) · period and comma · sentences and phrases句逗jù dòuto provoke · to tease撩逗liáo dòuto provoke · to entice · to lure · to tantalize · to tease · to titillate挑逗tiǎo dòuto tantalize · to lead on · to tease引逗yǐn dòuto short-circuit · (fig.) to have a mental lapse · to get one's wires crossed · to be addled秀逗xiù dòuamusing · funny · entertaining逗人dòu rénfunny man (lead role in comic dialogue duì kǒu xiàng shēng) · to joke · to play the fool · to provoke laughter逗哏dòu génto banter逗嘴dòu zuǐto tease · to provoke · to play with (a child, animal etc)逗弄dòu nòngto make fun of逗引dòu yǐnto flirt · to titillate · to provoke逗情dòu qíngto amuse oneself · to clown around · to provoke laughter逗乐dòu lè(slang) silly but amusing person逗比dòu bīto stay for a while; to sojourn逗留dòu liúto amuse · to cause to smile · amusing逗笑dòu xiàocomma (punct.)逗号dòu hàoto amuse · to make sb laugh · to tease逗趣dòu qù(slang) silly but amusing person逗逼dòu bīcomma逗点dòu diǎnprovocative · tantalizing · titillating挑逗性tiǎo dòu xìngto joke · to crack a joke逗哈哈dòu hā hā(dialect) to joke逗闷子dòu mèn zierhua variant of 逗笑 dòu xiào逗笑儿dòu xiào rto amuse · to make sb laugh · to tease逗趣儿dòu qù r
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