| dòu | to stay/to stop/to pause (while reading)/to tease (play with) |
| 逗 | to stay to stop to pause (while reading) |
| 逗乐 | to amuse oneself to clown around to provoke laughter |
| 逗乐儿 | try to make people laugh; clown around |
| 逗人 | amusing funny entertaining |
| 逗人发笑 | to make people laugh |
| 逗人喜爱 | cute |
| 逗号 | comma (punct.) |
| 逗哈哈 | to joke to crack a joke |
| 逗哏 | lead comic leading role in comic dialog 對口相聲|对口相声 |
| 逗嘴 | to banter |
| 逗弄 | to tease to provoke |
| 逗引 | to make fun of |
| 逗情 | to flirt to titillate to provoke |
| 逗点 | comma |
| 逗留 | to stay at to stop over |
| 逗笑 | to amuse to cause to smile amusing |
| 逗笑儿 | erhua variant of 逗笑, to amuse to cause to smile amusing |
| 逗趣 | to amuse to make sb laugh to tease |
| 逗趣儿 | to amuse to make sb laugh to tease |
| 逗遛 | Now standardly written as "逗留". |