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吐

Mandarin · pinyin tǔ#

to spit
to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)
to say
to pour out (one's grievances)

Mandarin · pinyin tù#

to vomit
to throw up

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吐: tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up

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3 · tu3

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dat6 · tou2 · tou3

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character · Etymology 1

to spit; to spew from the mouth
to say; to tell; to pour out
to sprout or emerge; to bud or flower
(Hokkien) to protrude; to stick out
(Hokkien, after an amount but before the classifier) as much as
a surname

character · Etymology 1

to vomit; to throw up

character · Etymology 2

only used in 吐谷渾／吐谷浑 (tǔyùhún)

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