HSK 5 · Function Words

朵 duǒ “measure word for flowers and clouds” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 朵 means

  1. measure word for flowers and clouds
  2. flower
  3. earlobe
  4. classifier for flowers, clouds etc

How to say 朵

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale朵duǒ3rd tone, dipping

朵 in a sentence

  1. 大家都喜欢那朵花。

    Dàjiā dōu xǐhuan nà duǒ huā.

    Everybody likes that flower.

    Sentence #1187228 from Tatoeba

  2. 我买了两朵漂亮的花。

    Wǒ mǎi le liǎng duǒ piàoliang de huā.

    I bought two pretty flowers.

    Sentence #3378125 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她手里拿着一朵玫瑰。

    Tā shǒulǐ ná zhe yì duǒ méiguī.

    She has a rose in her hand.

    Sentence #334317 from Tatoeba

How 朵 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 朵 (duǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
朵duǒflower
  • 几table · jī
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 朵

朵 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 朵

Words with 朵

耳朵ěrduo · ear

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FAQs

朵 (duǒ) means “measure word for flowers and clouds” or “flower”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it duǒ: duǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 朵 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 朵 from the suggestions. Typing duo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
朵 is an HSK 5 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.