赌 (dǔ): to bet, to gamble
赌 (dǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “to bet.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (semantic) and 者 (phonetic). It ranks #2006 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赌 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, expensive), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- to bet
- to gamble
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打赌verb | dǎ dǔ | to bet |
| 赌博verb | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 赌场noun | dǔ chǎng | casino |
| 赌注noun | dǔ zhù | stake (in a gamble) |
| 赌徒noun | dǔ tú | gambler |
| 赌局 | dǔ jú | game of chance |
| 赌钱verb | dǔ qián | to gamble |
| 赌棍noun | dǔ gùn | hardened gambler |
| 赌气verb | dǔ qì | to act in a fit of pique |
| 赌鬼noun | dǔ guǐ | gambling addict |
| 赌客noun | dǔ kè | gambler |
| 赌咒verb | dǔ zhòu | to swear to God |
| 聚赌verb | jù dǔ | to gather for a gambling session |
| 赌窝 | dǔ wō | gamblers' den |
| 赌上一局 | dǔ shàng yī jú | to engage in a game of chance |
赌 appears in 31 compound words: 74 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 6 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 赌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
赌字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
dǔ zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "赌" is not frequently used in everyday life.
警茘景邨打击街头赌博 拘控3老翁均年逾八旬
jǐng 茘 jǐng 邨 dǎ jī jiē tóu dǔ bó jū kòng 3 lǎo wēng jūn nián yú bā xún
Police crack down on street gambling in Cheng Jing Estate and arrest 3 old men, all over eighty years old
...说| 预收款激增营收反降、高溢价收购无对赌:光云科技"SaaS"外衣下藏着多少财务...
. . . shuō yù shōu kuǎn jī zēng yíng shōu fǎn jiàng , gāo yì jià shōu gòu wú duì dǔ : guāng yún kē jì S a a S wài yī xià zàng zhe duō shǎo cái wù . . .
... Say | Advance receipts soared, revenue declined, and high premium acquisitions were not gambled: how much finance is hidden under the "SaaS" cloak of Guangyun Technology...
乐天巨人4球员春训涉赌 遭禁赛30至50场
lè tiān jù rén 4 qiú yuán chūn xùn shè dǔ zāo jīn sài 3 0 zhì 5 0 chǎng
Lotte Giants 4 players were banned for 30 to 50 games in spring training involved in gambling
买刮刮乐停不下来?4星座“赌性超强” 牡羊先冲再说是本能
mǎi guā guā lè tíng bù xià lái ? 4 xīng zuò dǔ xìng chāo qiáng mǔ yáng xiān chōng zài shuō shì běn néng
Can't stop buying scratch cards? 4 constellations are "super gambling" Aries rushes first and then instinctively
豪赌AI却让普通员工买单?Meta据称连续两...
háo dǔ A I què ràng pǔ tōng yuán gōng mǎi dān ? M e t a jù chèn lián xù liǎng . . .
Gambling on AI but making ordinary employees pay? Meta is said to have two consecutive ...
你不喜欢赌博，是吗？
Nǐ bù xǐhuan dǔbó, shì ma?
You don't like gambling, do you?
我在那匹马下十美元的赌注。
Wǒ zài nà pǐ mǎ xià shí Měiyuán de dǔzhù.
I bet ten dollars on that horse.
我在这匹马上押五英镑的赌注。
Wǒ zài zhè pǐ mǎ shàng yā wǔ Yīngbàng de dǔzhù.
I bet five pounds on the horse.
我和你赌一百元，汤姆是同性恋。
Wǒ hé nǐ dǔ yī bǎi yuán, Tāngmǔ shì tóngxìngliàn.
I'll bet you a hundred dollars that Tom is gay.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 贝 (money) component
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