逗
逗 in English
- to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])
How it used to be written
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Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚 -
Small seal script - See all 4 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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不要在陽光下逗留太久。
Don't stay in the sun too long.
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他们会坚持要她逗留久一点。
They will insist on her staying there longer.
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他們全都被他的笑話逗笑了。
They all laughed at his jokes.
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他的故事把大家给逗乐了。
His story amused everyone.
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你会在这里逗留多久？
How long will you stay here?
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你在這里逗留多久?
How long are you going to stay here?
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我们都被这出喜剧逗乐了。
We were all amused with the comedy.
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我們都被他的笑話逗得很開心。
We were all greatly amused by his jokes.