躲 (duǒ): to hide, to dodge, to avoid
躲 (duǒ) is a Chinese character meaning “to hide.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 身 (semantic) and 朵 (phonetic). It ranks #1633 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 躲 body. Its radical form 身 (body) appears in many related characters such as 身 (shēn, body), 躺 (tǎng, to recline), 躬 (gōng, (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)).
Definitions
- to hide
- to dodge
- to avoid
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 躲
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 躲开 | duǒ kāi | to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) |
| 躲藏 | duǒ cáng | to conceal oneself |
| 躲闪 | duǒ shǎn | to evade |
| 躲雨 | duǒ yǔ | to take shelter from the rain |
| 躲债 | duǒ zhài | to dodge a creditor |
| 躲懒 | duǒ lǎn | to shy away from work |
| 躲不起 | duǒ bu qǐ | can't avoid |
| 躲得过初一，躲不过十五 | duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ | lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) |
| 躲过初一，躲不过十五 | duǒ guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ | see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duo3 de5 guo4 chu1 yi1 , duo3 bu4 guo4 shi2 wu3] |
| 东躲西闪 | dōng duǒ xī shǎn | to dodge about |
| 躲年 | duǒ nián | to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous i... |
| 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 | míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) |
| 躲让 | duǒ ràng | to step aside (for a passing vehicle) |
| 躲难 | duǒ nàn | to take refuge |
| 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 | míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) |
躲 appears in 25 compound words: 80 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 12 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 躲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
躲字由13笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
duǒ zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "躲" consists of 13 strokes and has a very clever structure.
...兹海峡最窄不到40公里 一旦开火根本无从躲避
. . . zī hǎi xiá zuì zhǎi bù dào 4 0 gōng lǐ yī dàn kāi huǒ gēn běn wú cóng duǒ bì
...The narrowest point of the strait is less than 40 kilometers wide; once firing begins, there is simply no place to take cover.
毒驾男自摔躲超商!见警瞎问“这警车谁的” 下秒遭大外...
dú jià nán zì shuāi duǒ chāo shāng ! jiàn jǐng xiā wèn zhè jǐng chē shéi de xià miǎo zāo dà wài . . .
The drug driver man fell and hid in the supermarket! Seeing the police, he blindly asked "whose police car is this" and was hit by the outside in the next second...
...所开枪!枪手换装9次“狼狈逃700KM”躲阿里山民宿被逮
. . . suǒ kāi qiāng ! qiāng shǒu huàn zhuāng 9 cì láng bèi táo 7 0 0 K M duǒ ā lǐ shān mín sù bèi dǎi
... Shoot! The gunman changed his clothes 9 times and "fled 700KM in embarrassment" and was arrested to hide in Alishan B&B
墨西哥毒枭密会情妇曝行踪 躲灌木丛驳火中枪惨死
mò xī gē dú 枭 mì huì qíng fù pù háng zōng duǒ guàn mù cóng bó huǒ zhōng qiāng cǎn sǐ
Mexican drug lord's secret meeting mistress revealed her whereabouts and died tragically after being shot in the bushes
...赴立院国情报告 蓝期待“有问有答 不闪不躲”
. . . fù lì yuàn guó qíng bào gào lán qī dài yǒu wèn yǒu dā bù shǎn bù duǒ
... Go to the Legislative Yuan to report on the national situation, Lan expects "questions and answers, don't dodge or hide"
艾德蒙多躲在浴室的角落。
ài dé mēng duō duǒ zài yùshì de jiǎoluò.
Edmundo hid in the back corner of the bathroom.
他到底躲在什么地方呢？
Tā dàodǐ duǒ zài shénme dìfang ne?
I wonder where he is hiding.
到底躲到哪里去了？
Dàodǐ duǒ dào nǎlǐ qù le?
Where in the world could it be hiding?
你确信汤姆躲在那后面吗？
Nǐ quèxìn Tāngmǔ duǒ zài nà hòumiàn ma?
Do you know for sure that Tom is behind that?
Character Family
身 Radical Family — Characters sharing the body radical
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