逗

dòu

tempt, allure, arouse, stir

How to write 逗, stroke by stroke

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 读)

Pictophonetic: semantic 辶 (walk), phonetic 豆

Made of 辶 + 豆

逗留dòu liúto stay for a while; to sojourn
挑逗tiǎo dòuto provoke; to entice; to lure; to tantalize; to tease; to titillate
逗号dòu hàocomma (punct.)
逗乐dòu lèto amuse oneself; to clown around; to provoke laughter
句逗jù dòupunctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号; sentences and phrases
引逗yǐn dòuto tantalize; to lead on; to tease
挑逗性tiǎo dòu xìngprovocative; tantalizing; titillating
秀逗xiù dòuto short-circuit; (fig.) to have a mental lapse; to get one's wires crossed; to be addled
逗人dòu rénamusing; funny; entertaining
逗哈哈dòu hā hāto joke; to crack a joke
逗嘴dòu zuǐto banter
逗弄dòu nòngto tease; to provoke; to play with (a child, animal etc)

你会在这里逗留多久？
nǐ huì zài zhè lǐ dòu liú duō jiǔ ？
How long will you stay here?
我们都被这出喜剧逗乐了。
wǒ men dōu bèi zhè chū xǐ jù dòu lè le 。
We were all amused with the comedy.
我只是想写一些没有逗号的小句子。
wǒ zhǐ shì xiǎng xiě yì xiē méi yǒu dòu hào de xiǎo jù zi 。
I'm only going to write small sentences without commas.
他们全都被他的笑话逗笑了。
tā men quán dōu bèi tā de xiào huà dòu xiào le 。
They all laughed at his jokes.
整个晚上他都在开玩笑逗我们开心。
zhěng gè wǎn shàng tā dōu zài kāi wán xiào dòu wǒ men kāi xīn 。
He entertained us with jokes all evening.