陀 (tuó): (phonetic), declivity, steep bank
陀 (tuó) is a Chinese character meaning “(phonetic).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (phonetic) and 它 (semantic). It ranks #2941 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 陀 hill. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- (phonetic)
- declivity
- steep bank
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陀螺noun | tuó luó | spinning top |
| 直布罗陀 | zhí bù luó tuó | Gibraltar |
| 阿弥陀佛proper-noun | ē mí tuó fó | Amitabha Buddha |
| 比勒陀利亚proper-noun | bǐ lè tuó lì yà | Pretoria, capital of South Africa |
| 佛陀proper-noun | fó tuó | Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) |
| 陀思妥也夫斯基 | tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 F... |
| 陀思妥耶夫斯基proper-noun | tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚 |
| 因陀罗proper-noun | yīn tuó luó | Indra (a Hindu deity) |
| 阿弥陀如来proper-noun | ē mí tuó rú lái | Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light |
| 直布罗陀海峡proper-noun | zhí bù luó tuó hǎi xiá | Strait of Gibraltar |
| 阿难陀proper-noun | ē nán tuó | Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple |
| 李维史陀 | lǐ wéi shǐ tuó | Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist |
| 普陀区 | pǔ tuó qū | Putuo district, central Shanghai |
| 布洛陀proper-noun | bù luò tuó | creator god of the Zhuang minority 壯族|壮族 |
| 普陀山proper-noun | pǔ tuó shān | Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara) |
陀 appears in 35 compound words: 14 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
当地的解释中,释迦如来对应过去,药师如来寄托着对现世的祈愿,而阿弥陀如来则指向来世。
dāng dì de jiě shì zhōng , shì 迦 rú lái duì yīng guò qù , yào shī rú lái jì tuō zhe duì xiàn shì de qí yuàn , ér ā mí tuó rú lái zé zhǐ xiàng lái shì .
According to local interpretations, Shakyamuni Buddha represents the past, the Medicine Buddha embodies hopes for the present, and Amitabha Buddha points toward the afterlife.
其中,富阳、诸暨、苍南、普陀四支队伍凭借稳定发挥,以全胜战绩连续两年跻身省赛舞台。
qí zhōng , fù yáng , zhū jì , cāng nán , pǔ tuó sì zhī duì wǔ píng jiè wěn dìng fā huī , yǐ quán shèng zhàn jì lián xù liǎng nián 跻 shēn shěng sài wǔ tái .
Among them, the four teams from Fuyang, Zhuji, Cangnan, and Putuo advanced to the provincial competition for the second consecutive year with undefeated records, thanks to their consistent performance.
总台记者 张卓雅: 可能很多中国观众看到眼前的陀螺都会相视一笑。
zǒng tái jì zhě zhāng zhuó yǎ : kě néng hěn duō zhōng guó guān zhòng kàn dào yǎn qián de tuó luó dōu huì xiāng shì yī xiào .
CCTV Reporter Zhang Zhuoya: Many Chinese viewers might exchange a smile when they see the spinning top right here.
喧嚣退去,侯宇的生活一如往常,依旧每天练功、筹备演出……像陀螺一样停不下来。
xuān xiāo tuì qù , hóu yǔ de shēng huó yī rú wǎng cháng , yī jiù měi tiān liàn gōng , chóu bèi yǎn chū xiàng tuó luó yī yàng tíng bù xià lái .
Once the commotion died down, Hou Yu’s life returned to normal—he continued to practice every day and prepare for performances… spinning like a top, never stopping.
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