捅

tǒng

verb HSK 7 #3,544

Meanings

1 to poke
2 to stab
3 to disclose (a secret)

Characters

to poke; to stab

Examples

别捅我！

Bié tǒng wǒ!

Do not poke me!

他不小心捅了马蜂窝。

Tā bù xiǎoxīn tǒng le mǎfēngwō.

He accidentally stirred up a hornet's nest.

Tips

usage

捅马蜂窝 (poke a hornet's nest) is a common idiom meaning to cause big trouble. 捅篓子 means to make a mess of things.

memory

The radical 扌(hand) + 甬 (a passage) = poking your hand through something.

Stroke Order

捅 tǒng