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抖

dǒu
verb HSK 7 #6,827

Meanings

  1. 1 to tremble; to shiver; to shake
  2. 2 to shake off; to jolt

Examples

他冷得直抖。
Tā lěng de zhí dǒu.
He was shivering from the cold.
她紧张得手都在抖。
Tā jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu zài dǒu.
She was so nervous her hands were shaking.
他把衣服上的灰抖掉了。
Tā bǎ yīfu shàng de huī dǒu diào le.
He shook the dust off his clothes.

Tips

usage
抖 can mean involuntary trembling (from cold, fear, nervousness) or deliberate shaking (to shake off dust). Also appears in 抖音 (Dǒuyīn, TikTok's Chinese name — literally 'shaking sound').
memory
The hand radical 扌 on the left + 斗 (dǒu, fight/struggle) on the right — a struggling hand that trembles.

Stroke Order

抖 dǒu