肚子
dùziTraditional: 肚子
Translation
belly, stomach, tummy
Word origin
A compound of 肚 (dù, belly), built from the flesh radical 月 plus 土 (tǔ) as phonetic, and the neutral-tone noun suffix 子 (zi). Together they form the everyday word for the belly or stomach.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 肚 (dù, belly; 月 flesh + 土 phonetic) + 子 (zi, noun suffix)
Stroke order
肚
子
Examples
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I am a little hungry.
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He ate too much, and his stomach feels awful.
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The child's tummy ached all day.
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I laughed so hard my belly hurt.
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Do not lie down right after eating, it is bad for your stomach.
肚子 (dù zi) is the everyday word for the belly or stomach, the soft front of the abdomen rather than the digestive organ proper. It turns up constantly in daily talk: 肚子饿 (hungry), 肚子疼 (stomach ache), 肚子饱 (full).
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