dòu qù rdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to amuse / to make sb laugh / to tease
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Original source entry:

逗趣兒 逗趣儿 [dou4 qu4 r5] /to amuse/to make sb laugh/to tease/

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Other forms in these source records: 逗趣兒

  • 逗
    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[dòu])

  • 趣
    qù

    interesting / to interest

  • 儿
    ér

    child / son

    r

    non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

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