Chinese words starting with “du”
28 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable du. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 3
- 2nd tone 12
- 3rd tone 5
- 4th tone 8
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 独立dú lìHSK 4
independent; independence; to stand alone
- 读书dú shūHSK 1
to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 读者dú zhěHSK 3
reader
- 读音dú yīnHSK 2
pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
All 28 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 度 | dù | qv,v,g | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | |
| 2 | 读 | dú | v | to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce | |
| 3 | 毒 | dú | n,a,v | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 4 | 肚子 | dù zi | n,q | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 5 | 度过 | dù guò | v | to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through | |
| 6 | 赌 | dǔ | v | to bet; to gamble | |
| 7 | 独特 | dú tè | a | unique; distinctive | |
| 8 | 毒品 | dú pǐn | n | drugs; narcotics; poison | |
| 9 | 独自 | dú zì | d | alone | |
| 10 | 独 | dú | d,a | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 11 | 堵 | dǔ | v,q | to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) | |
| 12 | 都会 | dū huì | n | city; metropolis | |
| 13 | 赌博 | dǔ bó | v,vn | to gamble | |
| 14 | 度假 | dù jià | v,vn | to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation | |
| 15 | 都市 | dū shì | n | city; metropolis | |
| 16 | 渡 | dù | v | to cross; to pass through; to ferry | |
| 17 | 独家 | dú jiā | d,b | exclusive | |
| 18 | 独一无二 | dú yī wú èr | l | unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it | |
| 19 | 渡过 | dù guò | v | to cross over; to pass through | |
| 20 | 堵塞 | dǔ sè | v,vn | to clog up; blockage | |
| 21 | 堵车 | dǔ chē | v,vn | traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested | |
| 22 | 妒忌 | dù jì | v | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy | |
| 23 | 督促 | dū cù | v | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on | |
| 24 | 独裁 | dú cái | a,an,ad | dictatorship | |
| 25 | 杜绝 | dù jué | v | to put an end to | |
| 26 | 独唱 | dú chàng | vn,v | (in singing) solo; to solo | |
| 27 | 独身 | dú shēn | n | unmarried; single | |
| 28 | 独立自主 | dú lì zì zhǔ | v | independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain control over one's own affairs |
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