肚子

dù zi

HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Noun Common

Definitions

1. belly
2. abdomen
3. stomach

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Word relationships

Register variants

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腹部

fù bù

abdomen

肚子 is colloquial for belly/abdomen, 腹部 is the formal anatomical term.

Related words

2 items

胃

wèi

stomach

肚子 is the abdomen area, 胃 specifically the stomach organ.

饱

bǎo

to eat till full

After eating too much, one feels 肚子饱 (full in the belly).

Usage notes

Collocations

Common collocations: 肚子疼 (stomachache), 肚子饿 (hungry), 大肚子 (big belly/pregnant).

Example Sentences

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我肚子饿了。

I'm hungry.

我的肚子有点胀。

My stomach feels a bit bloated.

他因为吃坏了肚子，所以腹泻了。

He had diarrhea because he ate something bad.

我肚子疼。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 396056)

他肚子疼。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13138956)

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Words Containing 肚子

bellyful (of sth)

pregnant

\Pregnancy-oriented Economy\, new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China

upset stomach

beer belly (complimentary)

打掉门牙，往肚子里咽

dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)

把心放在肚子里

bǎ xīn fàng zài dù zi lǐ

(coll.) to be completely at ease

拉肚子

lā dù zi

(coll.) to have diarrhea

see 瀉肚|泻肚[xiè dù]

see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]

羊肚子毛巾

yáng dù zi máo jīn

see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]

stomachache

calf (back of the leg below the knee)

to go hungry