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咄

duō
interjection #41,493

Meanings

  1. 1 tut!
  2. 2 an exclamation of disapproval or rebuke

Examples

HSK 2
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!
HSK 6
他的态度咄咄逼人。
Tā de tàidu duōduō-bīrén.
His manner was aggressive and overbearing.

Tips

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').

Components

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.

Stroke Order

咄 duō