HSK 6 · Body
呕吐 ǒutù “to vomit” in Chinese
Traditional 嘔吐
What 呕吐 means
- to vomit
- to throw up
How to say 呕吐
呕ǒu3rd tone, dipping
吐tù4th tone, falling
呕吐 in a sentence
How 呕吐 is built
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呕ǒuvomit
- 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
- 区area · qūSound part
口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 区 (qū) hints at the sound. Compare it with ǒu.

吐tùto vomit
- 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
- 土earth · tǔSound part
口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 土 (tǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with tù.
How to write 呕吐
呕 7 strokes · 吐 6 strokes
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FAQs
呕吐 (ǒutù) means “to vomit” or “to throw up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ǒutù: ǒu with a 3rd tone, then tù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 呕吐 is written 嘔吐. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type outu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 呕吐 from the suggestions. Typing outu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
呕吐 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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.