捅 (tǒng): to poke, to jab, to give (sb) a nudge, to prod, to disclose, to reveal
捅 (tǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “to poke.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 甬 (phonetic). It ranks #2890 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 捅 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 poke
- to jab
- to give (sb) a nudge
- to prod
- to disclose
- to reveal
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捅娄子verb | tǒng lóu zi | to make a mess of sth |
| 捅楼子 | tǒng lóu zi | variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子 |
| 捅喽子 | tǒng lóu zi | variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子 |
| 捅破 | tǒng pò | to pierce |
| 捅马蜂窝verb | tǒng mǎ fēng wō | (fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest |
捅 appears in 5 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 捅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他捅起袖子,开始认真地打扫房间。
tā tǒng qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
第45分钟,茂名队打出精彩配合,球员苏炜键突入禁区捅射得手,将比分扳平。
dì 4 5 fēn zhōng , mào míng duì dǎ chū jīng cǎi pèi gě , qiú yuán sū 炜 jiàn tū rù jīn qū tǒng shè dé shǒu , jiāng bǐ fēn bān píng .
In the 45th minute, the Maoming team put together a brilliant play, and Su Weijian broke into the penalty area and slotted the ball home to tie the game.
它可以把事情做得简洁又漂亮,也可能在你不知道的时候捅出大娄子。
tā kě yǐ bǎ shì qíng zuò dé jiǎn jié yòu piāo liàng , yě kě néng zài nǐ bù zhī dào de shí hòu tǒng chū dà 娄 zǐ .
It can handle things neatly and elegantly, but it can also cause major problems without you even realizing it.
东京宝可梦中心血案!他狂捅前女友后自刎双亡 有保护令也难防
dōng jīng bǎo kě mèng zhōng xīn xiě àn ! tā kuáng tǒng qián nǚ yǒu hòu zì 刎 shuāng wáng yǒu bǎo hù lìng yě nán fáng
Bloody Massacre at Tokyo Pokémon Center! Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend Multiple Times Before Killing Himself; Restraining Order Failed to Prevent Tragedy
...男女摩铁内“喝酒狂欢爆口角”!26岁男遭捅死
. . . nán nǚ mó tiě nèi hē jiǔ kuáng huān bào kǒu jiǎo ! 2 6 suì nán zāo tǒng sǐ
...Couple Gets Into a Heated Argument After Drinking and Partying at a Motel! 26-Year-Old Man Stabbed to Death
...马年容易上当...狮子投资被骗、他被熟人捅一刀
. . . mǎ nián róng yì shàng dāng . . . shī zǐ tóu zī bèi piàn , tā bèi shú rén tǒng yī dāo
... The Year of the Horse is easy to be fooled... Lion Investment was deceived, and he was stabbed by an acquaintance
他不知道谁捅了他。
Tā bù zhīdào shéi tǒng le tā.
He doesn't know who stabbed him.
Character Family
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