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), with radical 儿 (legs). 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 | dōu fēng | to catch the wind |
| 兜圈子 | dōu quān zi | to encircle |
| 兜兜 | dōu dou | an undergarment covering chest and abdomen |
| 兜售 | dōu shòu | to hawk |
| 裤兜 | kù dōu | pants pocket |
| 衣兜 | yī dōu | |
| 吃不了兜着走 | 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 of flowering plants, including ginger) |
| 兜头 | dōu tóu | full in the face |
| 头兜 | tóu dōu | helmet |
| 兜儿 | dōu r | erhua variant of 兜[dou1] |
| 兜兜转转 | dōu dōu zhuàn zhuàn | (lit. and fig.) to go around and around |
| 兜底 | dōu dǐ | to provide a safety net |
| 围兜 | wéi dōu | bib |
| 马兜铃酸 | mǎ dōu líng suān | aristolochic acid |
兜 appears in 26 compound words: 62 as the first character, 23 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.
...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
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?
这个小孩穿着一件丝绸织成的肚兜.
Zhège xiǎohái chuān zhe yī jiàn sīchóu zhī chéng de dùdōu.
The child is wearing a belly-slip made of silk.
Character Family
儿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the legs radical
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