肚 (dù): stomach
肚 (dù) is a Chinese character meaning “stomach.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 土 (phonetic). It ranks #1783 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 肚 flesh. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- stomach
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 肚
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肚皮noun | dù pí | belly |
| 肚脐noun | dù qí | navel |
| 拉肚子verb | lā dù zi | (coll.) to have diarrhea |
| 大肚子noun | dà dù zi | pregnant |
| 闹肚子verb | nào dù zi | (coll.) to have diarrhea |
| 肚脐眼noun | dù qí yǎn | navel |
| 鱼肚白noun | yú dù bái | fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) |
| 腿肚子noun | tuǐ dù zi | calf (back of the leg below the knee) |
| 将军肚noun | jiāng jūn dù | potbelly |
| 把心放在肚子里 | bǎ xīn fàng zài dù zi lǐ | (coll.) to be completely at ease |
| 心知肚明phrase | xīn zhī dù míng | to be well aware |
| 大肚子经济 | dà dù zi jīng jì | "Pregnancy-oriented Economy", new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China |
| 将军肚子 | jiāng jūn dù zi | beer belly (complimentary) |
| 一肚子noun | yī dù zi | bellyful (of sth) |
| 害肚子 | hài dù zi | upset stomach |
肚 appears in 53 compound words: 23 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 45 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 肚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
空腹喝牛奶容易肚子疼，最好先吃点东西。
Kōngfù hē niúnǎi róngyì dùzi téng, zuìhǎo xiān chī diǎn dōngxi.
Drinking milk on an empty stomach easily causes stomach pain; it's best to eat something first.
双男张腿憋尿勒肚子小腹凸的能锻炼核心吗?不推荐以此方式训...
shuāng nán zhāng tuǐ biē niào lè dù zǐ xiǎo fù tū de néng duàn liàn hé xīn ma ? bù tuī jiàn yǐ cǐ fāng shì xùn . . .
Can you build core strength by sitting with your legs spread apart, holding in your urine, and tightening your stomach until your lower abdomen bulges? We do not recommend training this way...
双男张腿憋尿勒肚子小腹凸的和体脂有关吗?低体脂者凸出更明...
shuāng nán zhāng tuǐ biē niào lè dù zǐ xiǎo fù tū de hé tǐ zhī yǒu guān ma ? dī tǐ zhī zhě tū chū gēng míng . . .
Does a protruding lower abdomen—where men spread their legs, hold their breath, and tighten their stomachs—have anything to do with body fat? People with low body fat tend to have a more pronounced protrusion...
謝京穎孕肚卸貨倒數!懷雙胞胎「四肢超細」 激瘦身材...
謝 jīng 穎 yùn dù xiè 貨 dǎo 數 ! 懷 雙 bāo tāi sì zhī chāo 細 jī shòu shēn cái . . .
Xie Jingying's Pregnancy Countdown! Carrying Twins with "Super-Slim Limbs" and an Incredibly Slim Figure...
仙氣調酒喝下肚小心胃穿孔 警:最慘喪命
xiān 氣 調 jiǔ hē xià dù xiǎo xīn wèi chuān kǒng jǐng zuì 慘 喪 mìng
Drinking of the spirit of the drink to be careful of perforation of the stomach, police: the most tragic loss of life
食八寶飯誤吞棗核 62歲翁肚大如孕婦
shí bā 寶 飯 誤 tūn 棗 hé 歲 wēng dù dà rú yùn 婦
Eating eight treasures rice accidentally swallowed date seeds 62-year-old belly as big as a pregnant woman
我突然肚痛得要命。
Wǒ tūrán dùtòng děiyào mìng.
All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.
饿着肚子是没法打仗的。
è zhe dùzi shì méifǎ dǎzhàng de.
You can't fight on an empty stomach.
无尾熊没有肚脐。
Wúwěixióng méiyǒu dùqí.
Koala bears do not have belly buttons.
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
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
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