朵

duǒ

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Usage notes

Collocations

Typically used with 花 (flowers) and 云 (clouds), e.g., 一朵花 (a flower), 几朵云 (several clouds).

Common mistakes

Don't confuse 朵 with 支 (for long thin objects) or 束 (for a bunch); 朵 is specifically for blossom-like or cloud-like clusters.

Example Sentences

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这朵花的花瓣很漂亮。

The petals of this flower are very beautiful.

这朵花朵很美丽。

This flower is very beautiful.

那朵百合很香。

That lily is very fragrant.

他掐了一朵花。

He pinched off a flower.

她在刺绣一朵花。

She is embroidering a flower.

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Words Containing 朵

ear

Christopher (name)

see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gòng duō lā]

咬耳朵

yǎo ěr duo

(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear

咬着耳朵

yǎo zhe ěr duo

whispering in sb's ear

大块朵颐

dà kuài duǒ yí

to chew on a large slab (idiom); a large mouthful is hard to chew

to gorge oneself

protruding ears

to move the jaw

macchiato (loanword)

(dialect) henpecked

credulous

flower

(coll.) flower bud

to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth

credulous person

a cloud

club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip)