肚子

dù zi

HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Noun Common

Definitions

1. belly
2. abdomen
3. stomach

Word relationships

Register variants

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• 腹部 fù bù 腹部 fù bù abdomen 肚子 is colloquial for belly/abdomen, 腹部 is the formal anatomical term.: abdomen

Related words

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• 胃 wèi 胃 wèi stomach 肚子 is the abdomen area, 胃 specifically the stomach organ.: stomach
• 饱 bǎo 饱 bǎo to eat till full After eating too much, one feels 肚子饱 (full in the belly).: to eat till full

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

• 一肚子 一肚子 yī dù zi: bellyful (of sth)
• 大肚子 大肚子 dà dù zi: pregnant
• 大肚子经济 大肚子经济 dà dù zi jīng jì: \Pregnancy-oriented Economy\, new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China
• 害肚子 害肚子 hài dù zi: upset stomach
• 将军肚子 将军肚子 jiāng jūn dù zi: beer belly (complimentary)
• 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 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 把心放在肚子里 bǎ xīn fàng zài dù zi lǐ: (coll.) to be completely at ease
• 拉肚子 拉肚子 lā dù zi: (coll.) to have diarrhea
• 泻肚子 泻肚子 xiè dù zi: see 瀉肚|泻肚[xiè dù]
• 羊肚子手巾 羊肚子手巾 yáng dù zi shǒu jīn: see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
• 羊肚子毛巾 羊肚子毛巾 yáng dù zi máo jīn: see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
• 肚子痛 肚子痛 dù zi tòng: stomachache
• 腿肚子 腿肚子 tuǐ dù zi: calf (back of the leg below the knee)
• 饿肚子 饿肚子 è dù zi: to go hungry
• 闹肚子 闹肚子 nào dù zi: (coll.) to have diarrhea

Child Words of 肚子

• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 肚 肚 dǔ: tripe
• 肚 肚 dù: belly