兜
Meanings · dau1
- (Cantonese)
- to debate or rebut
- to; towards
- to detour
- stir fried
- a bog bowl
Meanings · dau1
- bag
- to wrap up or hold in a bag
- to move in a circle
- to canvas or solicit
- to take responsibility for
- to disclose in detail
- combat armor (old)
- pouch
- to take a detour
- to go for a leisurely jaunt
- to scout around (for customers)
- to try and revert
- change what one had said in a conversation
- to take all the responsibility for something
- a container (for rice
- pet food
- coin)
- direct at
- a covering for head
- a mountain chair
- to dig up
- to hitch up
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 兜 dōu CC-CEDICT · Mandarinpocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dou1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 27 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dau1
Cantonese word readings for 兜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- helmet; hood
- helmet-shaped
- armor
- to wrap in a bag; to encase; to carry in a wrap
- bag; pouch; plastic bag
- to pocket; to keep; to retain; to acquire dishonestly
- to reach
- to move around; to move in a circle
- to canvass; to solicit
- to take responsibility for
- to relate in detail
- to peddle; to hawk
- (Hokkien) home
- (Hokkien) nearby
- (Singapore Hokkien) place; side; location
- (Cantonese) flat or shallow container; flat or shallow bowl
- (Cantonese) to contain; to hold in a container; to hold with one's hand(s) in a horizontal positional
- (Cantonese) to make a detour; to bypass; to deviate
- (Cantonese, of routes or journeys) indirect; lengthy; with detours or deviations
- (Cantonese) to explain one's way out of a bad situation
- (Cantonese) Classifier for things put in a flat or shallow container.
- (Cantonese) to scoop with a flat or shallow container
- (Cantonese) to hit with one's limbs, in a curved trajectory; to slap (someone); to kick
- (Cantonese) to fire someone; to dismiss
character · Etymology 2
- (Hakka) some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)
- (Hakka) Plural marker for pronouns.
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