唾 (tuò): saliva, to spit
唾 (tuò) is a Chinese character meaning “saliva.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 垂 (phonetic). It ranks #2768 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 唾 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- saliva
- to spit
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唾液noun | tuò yè | saliva |
| 唾沫noun | tuò mo | spittle |
| 唾弃verb | tuò qì | to spurn |
| 唾液腺noun | tuò yè xiàn | salivary gland |
| 唾骂verb | tuò mà | to spit on and curse |
| 唾手可得phrase | tuò shǒu kě dé | easily obtained |
| 唾面自干 | tuò miàn zì gān | to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) |
| 唾沫星子noun | tuò mò xīng zi | sputter |
| 唾余 | tuò yú | crumbs from the table of one's master |
| 拾人涕唾 | shí rén tì tuò | to plagiarize (idiom) |
| 唾腺 | tuò xiàn | (anatomy) salivary gland |
| 涕唾 | tì tuò | nasal mucus and spittle |
唾 appears in 12 compound words: 83 as the first character, 17 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 唾 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 唾.
Example Sentences
孩子们唾渴了,纷纷跑到饮水机前接水。
hái zǐ men tuò kě le , fēn fēn pǎo dào yǐn shuǐ jī qián jiē shuǐ .
The children were parched and rushed to the water cooler to fill their cups.
但实际上,部分感染狂犬病病毒的狗在尚未出现异常表现时唾液中就已含有病毒、具有传染性。
dàn shí jì shàng , bù fēn gǎn rǎn kuáng quǎn bìng bìng dú de gǒu zài shàng wèi chū xiàn yì cháng biǎo xiàn shí tuò yè zhōng jiù yǐ hán yǒu bìng dú , jù yǒu chuán rǎn xìng .
In reality, however, some dogs infected with the rabies virus are already shedding the virus in their saliva and are contagious even before they show any abnormal symptoms.
一切的开端只是一则报纸广告:新一轮淘金热来临,废墟之城遍地宝藏,唾手可得。
yī qiē de kāi duān zhī shì yī zé bào zhǐ guǎng gào : xīn yī lún táo jīn rè lái lín , fèi xū zhī chéng biàn dì bǎo zàng , tuò shǒu kě dé .
It all began with a simple newspaper ad: A new gold rush was upon us, and the city in ruins was littered with treasures, just waiting to be claimed.
入驻“V聚场”后,五角场周边高校资源唾手可得,团队创作了大量高校题材内容。
rù zhù V jù chǎng hòu , wǔ jiǎo chǎng zhōu biān gāo jiào zī yuán tuò shǒu kě dé , tuán duì chuàng zuò le dà liàng gāo jiào tí cái nèi róng .
After moving into “V Ju Chang,” the team gained easy access to the university resources in the Wujiaochang area and created a large amount of content centered on college life.
硝酸盐转化为一氧化氮的过程需要与唾液充分结合,狼吞虎咽会降低转化效率。
硝 suān yán zhuǎn huà wéi yī yǎng huà 氮 de guò chéng xū yāo yǔ tuò yè chōng fēn jié gě , láng tūn hǔ yān huì jiàng dī zhuǎn huà xiào lǜ .
The process by which nitrates are converted into nitric oxide requires thorough mixing with saliva; eating too quickly reduces the efficiency of this conversion.
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