肚 (dù)

belly; stomach

How 肚 is written

Strokes
7
Radical
月 — moon
Traditional
肚
Simplified
肚 (unchanged)

肚 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

dǔ
tripe
dù
belly

Common words using 肚

肚子 dùzi
belly; abdomen; stomach
拉肚子 lādùzi
diarrhea
肚子痛 dùzitòng
stomach ache; belly-ache
肚皮 dùpí
belly
大肚 dàdù
Tatu township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
大肚子 dàdùzi
pregnant
小肚雞腸 xiǎodùjīcháng
lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded; petty
心知肚明 xīnzhīdùmíng
to be well aware
搜腸刮肚 sōuchángguādù
to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
毛肚 máodǔ
tripe (gastronomy)
瀉肚 xièdù
to have diarrhea
爆肚 bàodǔ
deep fried tripe

肚 in a sentence

我肚子好餓,我們去吃宵夜吧。

Wǒ dùzi hǎo è, wǒmen qù chī xiāoyè ba.

“I'm so hungry; let's go eat a late-night snack.”

How common is 肚?

肚 is the 1,798th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.3% of all running text.

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