dòu

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 讀|读[dou4])

movement (辶) + bean (豆) = playfully tease

豆 mainly gives the sound dòu; the movement radical hints at lingering or darting around someone to provoke a laugh. Think of someone dancing around you to get a reaction.

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BeanPhonetic
WalkingSemantic

他喜欢小猫,看它追自己的手。

tā xǐ huan dòu xiǎo māo,kàn tā zhuī zì jǐ de shǒu。

He likes to tease the little cat and watch it chase his hand.

这个孩子说的话太了,大家都笑了起来。

zhè ge hái zi shuō de huà tài dòu le,dà jiā dōu xiào le qǐ lái。

What this child said was so funny that everyone burst out laughing.

Words with 逗

逗笑儿

dòu xiào r

erhua variant of 逗笑[dou4 xiao4]

逗号

dòu hào

comma (punct.)

逗人

dòu rén

amusing

逗人喜爱

dòu rén xǐ ài

cute

逗人发笑

dòu rén fā xiào

to make people laugh

逗哈哈

dòu hā hā

to joke

逗哏

dòu gén

funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1])

逗嘴

dòu zuǐ

to banter

逗弄

dòu nòng

to tease

逗引

dòu yǐn

to make fun of

逗闷子

dòu mèn zi

(dialect) to joke

逗情

dòu qíng

to flirt

More characters with 辶