dǎo

Traditional: 搗

捣 (dǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to pound; to beat; to hull”.

Meanings

  1. 1to pound
  2. 2to beat
  3. 3to hull
  4. 4to attack
  5. 5to disturb
  6. 6to stir

Related words

捣乱to disturb捣蛋to cause trouble捣毁to destroy捣鬼to play tricks; to cause mischief捣鼓to fiddle with sth捣碎to pound into pieces鼓捣to tinker with捣卖to resell at a profit捣实to ram (earth)捣弄to move back and forward捣烂to mash捣腾to buy and sell

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