唾
Meanings
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- 1.saliva
- 2.to spit
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- 1.saliva
- 2.to spit
- 3.to spit at; to spit with contempt
- 4.to vomit
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰoːls): semantic 口 + phonetic 垂 (OC *djol). Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan ཐོ་ལེ (tho le, “spit”), Burmese ထွေး (htwe:, “spittle”) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2014).
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Related words
唾液 saliva唾沫 spittle唾弃 to spurn唾骂 to spit on and curse唾余 crumbs from the table of one's master涕唾 nasal mucus and spittle唾液腺 salivary gland拾人涕唾 to plagiarize (idiom)唾沫星子 sputter唾面自干 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek唾手可得 easily obtained