肚 (tou5 | du4 {du3}) : stomach

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肚

tou5

du4 {du3}

the belly, stomach; abdomen; bowels

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

肚

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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肚痛 tou5 tung3 = stomach-ache 粵

肚子 tou5 zi2 du4 zi5 = stomach; belly; abdomen; tummy

肚餓 tou5 ngo6 = hungry 粵

肚臍 tou5 ci4 du4 qi2 = navel; belly button

金錢肚 gam1 cin4 tou5 = beef stomach

爆肚 baau3 tou5 bao4 du3 = ad-lib 粵

大肚腩 daai6 tou5 naam5 = potbelly 粵

魚肚 jyu4 tou5 yu2 du4 = fish maw, swim / gas / air bladder

眼闊肚窄 ngaan5 fut3 tou5 zaak3 yan3 kuo4 du4 zhai3 = to bite off more than you can chew 粵

眼大肚子小 ngaan5 daai6 tou5 zi2 siu2 yan3 da4 du4 zi5 xiao3 = (idiom) to bite off more than you can chew
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我好肚餓。粵
I am very hungry.

我嘅肚唔舒服. 粵
I have an upset stomach.
[literally "My stomach is uncomfortable"]

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

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Decimal representation of this word: 肚
Unicode code for this character: U+809A (off-site link)

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