舵 (duò): helm, rudder
舵 (duò) is a Chinese character meaning “helm.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舟 (semantic) and 它 (phonetic). It ranks #2790 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 舵 boat. Its radical form 舟 (boat) appears in many related characters such as 般 (bān, sort), 船 (chuán, boat), 航 (háng, boat).
Definitions
- helm
- rudder
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掌舵noun | zhǎng duò | to steer (a ship) |
| 舵手noun | duò shǒu | helmsman |
| 把舵verb | bǎ duò | to hold the rudder |
| 见风转舵phrase | jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò | lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom) |
| 见风使舵phrase | jiàn fēng shǐ duò | lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom) |
| 大舵手proper-noun | dà duò shǒu | the Great Helmsman (Mao Zedong) |
| 随风倒舵 | suí fēng dǎo duò | to trim one's sails with the wind |
| 顺风转舵 | shùn fēng zhuǎn duò | to act according to whatever is the current outlook |
| 舵把 | duò bǎ | tiller of a boat |
| 操舵室 | cāo duò shì | pilothouse |
| 满舵 | mǎn duò | on full rudder |
| 船舵noun | chuán duò | rudder |
| 左舵adjective | zuǒ duò | left rudder |
| 右舵adjective | yòu duò | right rudder |
| 舵旁 | duò páng | helm (of a ship) |
舵 appears in 16 compound words: 19 as the first character, 69 as the last, and 13 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 舵 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation
to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation
to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 舵.
Example Sentences
舵字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
duò zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "舵" is not commonly used in everyday life.
此次续航升级覆盖所有采用左舵车型的欧洲市场。
cǐ cì xù háng shēng jí fù gài suǒ yǒu cǎi yòng zuǒ duò chē xíng de ōu zhōu shì chǎng .
This range upgrade applies to all left-hand-drive models in the European market.
中国香港着名演员梁朝伟“掌舵”主竞赛单元评选工作。
zhōng guó xiāng gǎng zhe míng yǎn yuán liáng cháo wěi zhǎng duò zhǔ jìng sài dān yuán píng xuǎn gōng zuò .
Renowned Hong Kong actor Tony Leung will “lead” the judging process for the Main Competition section.
现任掌舵人莱特斯此前曾担任迈凯伦首席执行官。
xiàn rèn zhǎng duò rén lái tè sī cǐ qián céng dān rèn mài kǎi lún shǒu xí zhí háng guān .
The current leader, Lites, previously served as CEO of McLaren.
东风风行计划未来三到五年持续投放多款右舵专属车型
dōng fēng fēng háng jì huá wèi lái sān dào wǔ nián chí xù tóu fàng duō kuǎn yòu duò zhuān shǔ chē xíng
Dongfeng Fengxing plans to continue launching multiple right-hand-drive models over the next three to five years
Character Family
舟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the boat radical
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