躲 (duǒ) means Hide (avoid). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
遇到问题不能 躲 藏。
Yùdào wèntí bù néng duǒcáng.
You cannot hide from a problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 躲藏
小猫 躲 藏在沙发后面。
Xiǎo māo duǒcáng zài shāfā hòumiàn.
The kitten is hiding behind the sofa.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 躲藏
猫 躲 在房间的角落里。
Māo duǒ zài fángjiān de jiǎoluò lǐ.
The cat is hiding in the corner of the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 角落
下雨时他们 躲 进了亭子。
Xià yǔ shí tāmen duǒ jìn le tíngzi.
When it rained they took shelter in the pavilion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亭子
他们 躲 在隐蔽的地方观察。
Tāmen duǒ zài yǐnbì de dìfang guānchá.
They hid in a concealed spot and watched.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐蔽
村民们连夜转移， 躲 避洪水。
Cūnmínmen liányè zhuǎnyí, duǒbì hóngshuǐ.
The villagers moved out overnight to escape the flood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 洪水
他机灵地 躲 开了迎面来的车。
Tā jīling de duǒ kāi le yíngmiàn lái de chē.
He nimbly dodged the oncoming car.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 机灵
他动作敏捷，一下就 躲 开了。
Tā dòngzuò mǐnjié, yíxià jiù duǒ kāi le.
He moved nimbly and dodged out of the way at once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敏捷
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Words that contain 躲
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Questions about 躲
How is 躲 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 躲 (duǒ, "Hide (avoid)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 躲 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 躲 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 躲?
The dictionary page for 躲 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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