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篤 (duk1) — to poke; to prod; to stab | Variously written as 篤, 督, or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺 in Cantonese

dukˉ¹篤
简 笃
Mandarin Pinyin: du3

Meaning of 篤

nounto poke; to prod; to stab | Variously written as 篤, 督, or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺
nounend; rear; bottom; extremity | Also written as '' | 漢: 盡頭; 頭兒; 底部
nounmeasure word for excretions
nounsincere; earnest; devoted
noun(illness) serious; critical
nounto poke (Cantonese)

Example Sentences with 篤

taiˊ²睇dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑
Watch stand-up comedy.
keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑
He tells jokes.
dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑houˊ²好siu˗₃笑
Stand-up comedy is funny.
soengˊ²想taiˊ²睇dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑
Want to watch stand-up comedy.
dung˗₃棟dukˉ¹篤haau˗₃笑houˊ²好munˍ₆悶
Stand-up comedy is boring.
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Words Containing 篤

兜篤將軍dau1 duk1 zoeng1 gwan1
(a chess move) an unexpected attack from behind
篤爆duk1 baau3
to betray a secret
篤定duk1 ding6
sure; certain; confident
篤眼篤鼻duk1 ngaan5 duk1 bei6
be an annoyance; be an irritant; be bothersome; be a thorn on one's side; be a pain in the arse | 漢: 討人厭 | Compare with '乞人憎'
篤背脊duk1 bui3 zek3
stab sb in the back; rat/tattle/snitch on sb; betray
打爛砂盆問到篤daa2 laan6 saa1 pun4 man6 dou3 duk1
when the clay pot breaks, the cracks go from the top to the bottom
打爛沙盤問到篤daa2 laan6 saa1 pun4 man6 dou3 duk1
to investigate and find out everything; to keep asking many many questions; to ask many questions to try to get to the bottom of something
大尾篤daai6 mei5 duk1
noun; Tai Mei Tuk, a location in Hong Kong
巷篤hong6 duk1
at the end of the laneway or street
篤出嚟duk1 ceot1 lei4
to rat on someone; to point someone out as the guilty party [colloquial]
篤屎duk1 si2
piece of shit [colloquial]
篤灰duk1 fui1
to rat on someone; to point someone out as the guilty party [colloquial]

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