Mandarin: dou4
Definitions
  1. 1 to stay
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to tease (play with)
  4. 4 amusing
  5. 5 short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 读dòu [读])
  6. 6 to tempt
  7. 7 to allure
  8. 8 to arouse
  9. 9 to stir
  10. 10 to linger
  11. 11 to pause
  12. 12 to make fun of
  13. 13 to provoke
  14. 14 to probe for information
  15. 15 to inspect someone
  16. 16 check their identity
  17. 17 to lift up something heavy slightly
  18. 18 to receive (red packets
  19. 19 lucky money)
  20. 20 to receive salary, usually used in a derogatory sense to imply that one is undeserving of the 'easy money' they received
  21. 21 # adapted from cc-cedict
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