吐
HSK 5freq #1958
Meanings
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- 1.to vomit
- 2.to throw up
- 1.to spit
- 2.to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)
- 3.to say
- 4.to pour out (one's grievances)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to spit; to spew from the mouth
- 2.to say; to tell; to pour out
- 3.to protrude; to stick out
- 4.as much as
- 5.a surname
- 6.to vomit; to throw up
- 7.only used in 吐谷渾／吐谷浑 (tǔyùhún)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l̥ʰaːʔ, *l̥ʰaːs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 土 (OC *l̥ʰaːʔ, *l'aːʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *taq (“to spit”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我剛才吐了。
I just threw up.
你是否有噁心嘔吐的感覺。
Do you feel nauseous?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
一吐為快一吐为快不吐不快伸眉吐氣伸眉吐气供吐傾吐倾吐傾心吐膽倾心吐胆半吐半吞半吐半露半吞半吐口吐珠璣口吐珠玑吐剛茹柔吐刚茹柔吐勢吐势吐口吐司吐哺吐哺待賢吐哺待贤吐哺捉髮吐哺捉发吐哺握髮吐哺握发吐外特吐字
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Related words
呕吐 to vomit吐丝 (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk吐字 diction; enunciation吐司 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")吐血 to cough up blood吐气 to exhale; to breathe out吞吐 to take in and send out (in large quantities)倾吐 to pour out (emotions)吐口 to spit吐穗 to have the ears of grain come up吐蕃 Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet吐絮 cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior