兜 (dōu): pocket, bag, to wrap up or hold in a bag
兜 (dōu) is a Chinese character meaning “pocket.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 白 (structural) and 儿 (structural). It ranks #2426 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 兜 a man wearing a helmet, now meaning "pouch". Its radical form 儿 (legs) appears in many related characters such as 儿 (ér, child), 元 (yuán, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)), 先 (xiān, beforehand).
Definitions
- bag
- to wrap up or hold in a bag
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA man wearing a helmet, now meaning "pouch"
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兜风verb | dōu fēng | to catch the wind |
| 兜圈子verb | dōu quān zi | to encircle |
| 兜兜noun | dōu dou | an undergarment covering chest and abdomen |
| 兜售verb | dōu shòu | to hawk |
| 裤兜noun | kù dōu | pants pocket |
| 衣兜noun | yī dōu | |
| 吃不了兜着走phrase | chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu | lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) |
| 马兜铃科 | mǎ dōu líng kē | Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family) |
| 兜头 | dōu tóu | full in the face |
| 头兜 | tóu dōu | helmet |
| 兜儿noun | dōu r | erhua variant of 兜 |
| 兜兜转转adjective | dōu dōu zhuàn zhuàn | (lit. and fig.) to go around and around |
| 兜底verb | dōu dǐ | to provide a safety net |
| 围兜noun | wéi dōu | bib |
| 马兜铃酸noun | mǎ dōu líng suān | aristolochic acid |
兜 appears in 27 compound words: 59 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 兜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
了解兜字的来源,有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè dōu zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "兜" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
先验证,再兜底 风云 T7 这次的另一个重点是安全和耐久验证。
xiān yàn zhèng , zài dōu de fēng yún T 7 zhè cì de lìng yī gè chóng diǎn shì ān quán hé nài jiǔ yàn zhèng .
Verify First, Then Provide a Safety Net: Another key focus of the Fengyun T7 this time is safety and durability testing.
完成收纳后,也可以直接放进背包或裤兜,用起来是比较方便的。
wán chéng shōu nà hòu , yě kě yǐ zhí jiē fàng jìn bèi bāo huò kù dōu , yòng qǐ lái shì bǐ jiào fāng biàn de .
Once you've packed everything away, you can simply put it in your backpack or pants pocket—it's quite convenient to use.
卡巴斯基称它已经通知了兜风出行,对方表示已修复相关安全问题。
kǎ bā sī jī chèn tā yǐ jīng tōng zhī le dōu fēng chū háng , duì fāng biǎo shì yǐ xiū fù xiāng guān ān quán wèn tí .
Kaspersky said it had notified Doufeng Travel, which stated that it had fixed the relevant security issues.
月之暗面IPO迷局:资本挤破头,骗子兜售融资额度,相关人士称“不愿为上市而上市...
yuè zhī àn miàn I P O mí jú : zī běn jǐ pò tóu , piàn zǐ dōu shòu róng zī é dù , xiāng guān rén shì chèn bù yuàn wéi shàng shì ér shàng shì . . .
The Mystery Surrounding the Dark Side of the Moon IPO: Investors Are Clamoring for Shares, Fraudsters Are Peddling Financing Quotas, and Insiders Say, "We Don’t Want to Go Public Just for the Sake of Going Public..."
...驾专属车险破冰,北京先行先试为行业安全“兜底”
. . . jià zhuān shǔ chē xiǎn pò bīng , běi jīng xiān háng xiān shì wéi háng yè ān quán dōu de
...Breaking New Ground in Dedicated Car Insurance: Beijing Takes the Lead in Pilot Programs to Provide a Safety Net for the Industry
他带她出去兜风了。
Tā dài tā chūqù dōufēng le.
He took her out for a drive.
他常常载我去兜风。
Tā chángcháng zài wǒ qù dōufēng.
He often takes me for a drive.
本把他的双手伸到了他的裤兜里。
Běn bǎ tā de shuāngshǒu shēn dào le tā de kù dōu lǐ.
Ben put his hands in his pockets.
去开车兜风怎样?
Qù kāichē dōufēng zěnyàng?
How about going for a drive?
Character Family
儿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the legs radical
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