咄

duō

interjection #41,493

Meanings

咄！你怎么能说出这样的话！

Duō! nǐ zěnme néng shuō chū zhèyàng de huà!

Tut! How could you say such a thing!

他的态度咄咄逼人。

Tā de tàidu duōduōbīrén.

His manner was aggressive and overbearing.

usage

As a bare interjection 咄 is archaic. Modern learners meet it in 咄咄逼人 ('aggressive, overbearing') and 咄咄怪事 ('an utterly bizarre affair').

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

The mouth radical, marking 咄 as a sound made with the voice: here a sharp shout of scolding or disapproval, not a thing or action.

phonetic

出 chū

to come out; to go out

Lends the sound, chū shifting to duō. The 'come out' meaning fits loosely too, since the cry bursts out of the mouth in anger.

咄 duō