Chinese word dictionary

捣腾

dǎo téng · to buy and sell; peddling

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Word information

Simplified捣腾

Traditional搗騰

Pinyindǎo téng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

捣dǎo

to thresh, to pound; to stir, to disturb; to attack

腾téng

to fly, to soar; to gallop, to prance; rising, steaming

How to learn 捣腾

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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捣乱dǎoluàn

to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally

沸腾fèiténg

(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned

热腾腾rèténgténg

steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]

腾téng

(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)

折腾zhēteng

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)