躲

duǒ

hide, secrete; avoid, escape

How to write 躲, stroke by stroke

to hide; to dodge; to avoid

Pictophonetic: semantic 身 (body), phonetic 朵

Made of 身 + 朵

躲避duǒ bìto hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties)
躲开duǒ kāito stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)
躲藏duǒ cángto conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover
躲猫猫duǒ māo māohide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game)
躲避球duǒ bì qiúdodgeball
躲躲藏藏duǒ duǒ cáng cángto be in hiding
藏躲cáng duǒto hide; to conceal
躲不起duǒ bu qǐcan't avoid; can't hide from; unavoidable
躲年duǒ niánto avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
躲让duǒ ràngto step aside (for a passing vehicle); to get out of the way; to make way for
躲难duǒ nànto take refuge; to seek refuge from disaster
躲雨duǒ yǔto take shelter from the rain

他为什么在躲藏？
tā wèi shén me zài duǒ cáng ？
Why is he hiding?
他躲避了那些问题。
tā duǒ bì le nà xiē wèn tí 。
He avoided the problems.
到底躲到哪里去了？
dào dǐ duǒ dào nǎ lǐ qù le ？
Where in the world could it be hiding?
跑到山里躲起来。
pǎo dào shān lǐ duǒ qǐ lái 。
Run and hide in the mountains.
狐狸躲在了空心树里面。
hú li duǒ zài le kōng xīn shù lǐ miàn 。
The fox hid in the hollow tree.