抖 (dǒu): to tremble, to shake out, to reveal
抖 (dǒu) is a Chinese character meaning “to tremble.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 斗 (phonetic). It ranks #1740 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 抖 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to tremble
- to shake out
- to reveal
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发抖 | fā dǒu | to tremble |
| 颤抖 | chàn dǒu | to shudder |
| 抖动 | dǒu dòng | to quiver |
| 精神抖擞 | jīng shén dǒu sǒu | spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) |
| 战抖 | zhàn dǒu | to shudder |
| 抖落 | dǒu luò | to shake out |
| 抖搂 | dǒu lou | to shake out |
| 抖擞精神 | dǒu sǒu jīng shén | to gather one's spirits |
| 吓得发抖 | xià dé fā dǒu | to tremble with fear |
| 颤抖不已 | chàn dǒu bù yǐ | to shake like a leaf (idiom) |
| 抖内 | dǒu nèi | variant of 斗內|斗内[dou3 nei4] |
| 抖音 | dǒu yīn | Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok |
| 簌簌发抖 | sù sù fā dǒu | shivering |
| 抖缩 | dǒu suō | to cower |
| 穷抖 | qióng dǒu | to shake uncontrollably |
抖 appears in 19 compound words: 53 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 11 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 抖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
妈妈抖着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā dǒu zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
The mother held the child's hand tightly as they slowly crossed the street.
...长提名 李艳秋:为何蓝闹到现在“结果会像抖动红绳hold不住”
. . . cháng tí míng lǐ yàn qiū : wéi hé lán nào dào xiàn zài jié guǒ huì xiàng dǒu dòng hóng shéng h o l d bù zhù
... Long nomination Li Yanqiu: Why is the blue so far, "the result will be like shaking the red rope and can't hold it"
郑丽文撞钟诡异抖动!命理师惊揭“是他显灵”要警告关键1事
zhèng lí wén zhuàng zhōng guǐ yì dǒu dòng ! mìng lǐ shī jīng jiē shì tā xiǎn líng yāo jǐng gào guān jiàn 1 shì
Zheng Liwen rang the bell and shook strangely! The numerologist revealed that "it was he who appeared" to warn about one key thing
健康主题馆/懒人减重法 抖脚、转笔、做家事、站着说话都行
jiàn kāng zhǔ tí guǎn lǎn rén jiǎn chóng fǎ dǒu jiǎo , zhuǎn bǐ , zuò jiā shì , zhàn zhe shuō huà dōu háng
Health theme hall/lazy weight loss method Shake your feet, turn the pen, do housework, stand and talk
抖音高管谈Seedance2.0:最近团队...
dǒu yīn gāo guǎn tán S e e d a n c e 2 . 0 : zuì jìn tuán duì . . .
Douyin executives talk about Seedance 2.0: Recently, the team...
抖音集团李亮:炒作“字节是恒科的最大空头”...
dǒu yīn jí tuán lǐ liàng : chǎo zuò zì jié shì héng kē de zuì dà kōng tóu . . .
Douyin Group Li Liang: Hype "Byte is Hengke's biggest short"...
恐怖的场面让了他颤抖。
Kǒngbù de chǎngmiàn ràng le tā chàndǒu.
He shuddered at the terrible scene.
她的声音因愤怒而颤抖。
Tā de shēngyīn yīn fènnù ér chàndǒu.
Her voice was quivering with anger.
他边颤抖边说：「那座城堡有鬼。」
Tā biān chàndǒu biān shuō:「 nà zuò chéngbǎo yǒu guǐ.」
"The castle is haunted," he said with a shiver.
汤姆为抖音录制视频。
Tāngmǔ wèi Dǒuyīn lùzhì shìpín.
Tom makes TikTok videos.
Character Family
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