hold in the mouth (v.)
HSK 6
Traditional
叼 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
掉 diào - lose; [as a complement after some verbs to indicate result of action] (v.) | HSK 4
钓 diào - fish with a hook and line; angle (v.) | HSK 5
吊 diào - hang; suspend; lift up or let down with a rope (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
他叼着一支烟走进房间。 tā diāozhe yī zhī yān zǒujìn fángjiān. - He walked into the room with a cigarette in his mouth.
他总是叼着那顶老旧的帽子。 tā zǒng shì diāozhe nà dǐng lǎojiù de màozi. - He always wears that old hat perched on his head.
警察抓住了那个叼枪的罪犯。 jǐngchá zhuāzhùle nàge diāo qiāng de zuìfàn. - The police caught the criminal who was carrying a gun.
他叼着一只苹果在院子里走来走去。 tā diāozhe yī zhī píngguǒ zài yuànzi lǐ zǒulái zǒuqù. - He paced back and forth in the yard with an apple in his mouth.
老板常常叼着一支笔在办公室里踱来踱去。 lǎobǎn chángcháng diāozhe yī zhī bǐ zài bàngōngshì lǐ duó lái duó qù. - The boss often paces around the office with a pen in his mouth.