逗

dòu

adjective HSK 7 #3,127

Meanings

Tā shuōhuà tèbié dòu, dàjiā dōu xiào le.

He talks in such a funny way that everyone laughed.

Bié dòu xiǎomāo le, tā yào shuìjiào le.

Stop teasing the kitten, it wants to sleep.

Nǐ zhēn dòu!

You're so funny!

usage

As an adjective, 逗 is colloquial and common in spoken Chinese, meaning 'funny' or 'hilarious'. As a verb, it means 'to tease' or 'to amuse someone'.

memory

Think of 逗 as 'dou' sounding like 'do' — 'do something funny to make people laugh'.

逗 dòu