杜
Meanings
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- 1.surname Du
- 1.birchleaf pear (tree)
- 2.to stop
- 3.to prevent
- 4.to restrict
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Wiktionary
- 1.birch-leaved pear (Pyrus betulifolia)
- 2.to stop; to prevent; to block
- 3.to reject
- 4.to pound; to strike
- 5.astringent
- 6.root
- 7.Asarum forbesii
- 8.Pollia japonica
- 9.name of an ancient pre-Qin state located in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi
- 10.a surname
- 11.Prefix found in the names of certain animals.
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Etymology
Possibly be a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Zhuang duz (classifier for animals), which is a prefix found in the vocabulary for many animals like duzgip (“centipede”), duzgyau (“spider”) and duzlingz (“monkey”) (Zhao, 1991; Tu, 2018).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
防微杜漸。
A stitch in time saves nine.
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Derived terms
召父杜母小杜慎防杜漸慎防杜渐憑空杜撰房杜姚宋房謀杜斷房谋杜断有杕之杜杜口杜口吞聲杜口吞声杜口無言杜口无言杜口絕舌杜口绝舌杜口結舌杜口结舌杜口絕言杜口绝言杜口裹足杜塞杜宇杜山杜工部杜康杜弊杜微慎防杜撰李杜
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Related words
杜绝 to put an end to杜康 Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine杜蘅 Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)杜集 see 杜集区[Dù jí Qū]杜哈 Doha, capital of Qatar (Tw)杜拜 Dubai (Tw)杜鹃 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鹃鸟)杜马 Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament杜撰 to fabricate杜门 to close the door (lit. and fig.)杜仲 eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)杜甫 Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet