嘟

Translingual

Han character

嘟 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口十日中 (RJAL), four-corner 6702₇, composition ⿰口都)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 209, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4328
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 13
• Unihan data for U+561F

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘟

1. Only used in 嘟囔 (dūnang).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘟

1. (regional, colloquial) to pout; to pucker up

   嘟長個嘴／嘟长个嘴 [Cantonese]  ―  dyut¹ coeng⁴ go³ zeoi²   ―  to pout (lit. to pout long one's mouth)

   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “㖅 (tu)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 563:

     氣到嘴㖅㖅／气到嘴㖅㖅 [Teochew]  ―  ki² gao³ zui³ du¹ du¹ [Peng'im]  ―  so vexed that she pouts

Compounds

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘟

1. (of a car) to honk; to beep
2. (Cantonese, onomatopeia) beep sound
3. (Cantonese, euphemistic) bleep (as a replacement of any profanity)

   嘟你老嘟！ [Cantonese]  ―  dut¹ nei⁵ lou⁵ dut¹!   ―  Bleep you!

4. (Cantonese) to tap a card; to swipe a card

   嘟八達通／嘟八达通 [Cantonese]  ―  dut¹ baat³ daat⁶ tung¹   ―  to tap an Octopus card

5. (Cantonese, computing) to scan

Compounds

Descendants

• → Hong Kong English: doot

Korean

Hanja

嘟 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘟: Hán Nôm readings: đua, đùa, đô

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References

• Nom Foundation