兜
dōu HSK7

pouch

兜 dōu
pocket noun
a pocket, bag, or pouch-like object

他从兜里掏出一把钥匙，打开了房门。

tā cóng dōu lǐ tāo​chū yī bǎ yào​shi, dǎ​kāi le fáng​mén.

He took a key out of his pocket and opened the door.

wrap up verb
to wrap up or hold something in a cloth, bag, or lap

他用手帕兜着几个鸡蛋。

tā yòng shǒu​pà dōu zhe jǐ gè jī​dàn.

He held several eggs in his handkerchief.

armor noun
ancient combat armor or headgear

这名古代将领佩戴着厚重的兜。

zhè míng gǔ​dài jiàng​lǐng pèi​dài zhe hòu​zhòng de dōu.

This ancient general wore a thick, heavy helmet.

disclose verb
to reveal or disclose information or secrets in detail

他把事情的底细全兜了出来。

tā bǎ shì​qing de dǐ​xì quán dōu le chu​lai.

He spilled all the details of the matter.

move in circle verb
to move or go around in a circle; to detour

晚饭后他在公园里兜了一圈。

wǎn​fàn hòu tā zài gōng​yuán lǐ dōu le yī quān.

After dinner, he took a stroll around the park.

solicit verb
to canvas, solicit, or peddle business or customers

他在车站附近四处向路人兜生意。

tā zài chē​zhàn fù​jìn sì​chù xiàng lù​rén dōu shēng​yi.

He was touting for business among passersby near the station.

take responsibility verb
to take full responsibility for something or bear the consequences

你尽管去做，出了问题我兜着。

nǐ jǐn​guǎn qù zuò, chū le wèn​tí wǒ dōu zhe.

Go ahead and do it; if anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame.

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,512th most common 18.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,045th most common 18.0 per million appears in 9% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.95 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
14.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+515C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)