HSK 6 · Clothing

兜 dōu “pocket” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 兜 means

  1. pocket
  2. bag
  3. to wrap up
  4. to go around
  5. to wrap up or hold in a bag
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to move in a circle
  • to canvas or solicit
  • to take responsibility for

How to say 兜

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale兜dōu1st tone, high and level

兜 in a sentence

  1. 本把他的双手伸到了他的裤兜里。

    Běn bǎ tā de shuāngshǒu shēn dào le tā de kùdōu lǐ.

    Ben put his hands in his pockets.

    Sentence #10334424 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 去开车兜风怎样？

    Qù kāichē dōufēng zěnyàng?

    How about going for a drive?

    Sentence #848585 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 他拉起帽兜，试图隐没在人群中。

    Tā lāqǐ màodōu, shìtú yǐnmò zài rénqún zhōng.

    He pulled up his hood and tried to disappear into the crowd.

    Sentence #13957921 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 兜 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 兜 (dōu) drawn as one shape
兜dōupocket

兜 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 兜

兜 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

兜 (dōu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 兜 (dōu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 兜

More words: Clothing & Appearance

围巾wéijīn · scarf项链xiàngliàn · necklace辫子biànzi · plait裁缝cáifeng · tailor风度fēngdù · manner丰满fēngmǎn · plump化妆huàzhuāng · to put on make-up款式kuǎnshì · style

FAQs

兜 (dōu) means “pocket” or “bag”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dōu: dōu with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 兜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兜 from the suggestions. Typing dou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兜 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.