赌
dǔTraditional: 賭
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Translation
to gamble, to bet
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound of 贝 (bèi, shell, money) as the meaning element with 者 (zhě) as the phonetic element, relating to staking money.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 贝 (bèi, money) + 者 (zhě, phonetic)
Stroke order
赌
Examples
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He likes to gamble money.
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I dare to bet you that he will win.
倾荡。
Gambling can ruin a person completely.
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How about we make a bet?
牌。
He lost a lot of money gambling at the card table.
赌 (dǔ) means to gamble or to bet, staking money or a claim on an uncertain outcome. It appears in 赌博 (gambling) and 打赌 (to make a bet).
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