Chinese symbol for “spit”
吐
tǔ
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spit is 吐 (tǔ), defined as: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吐口 | tǔ kǒu | to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc) |
| 啐 | cuì | to spit; (onom.) pshaw! |
| 吐痰 | tǔ tán | to spit; to expectorate |
| 呸 | pēi | pah!; bah! |
| 唾 | tuò | saliva; to spit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呕吐 (嘔吐) | ǒu tù | to vomit |
| 吐露 | tǔ lù | to tell; to disclose |
| 吞吐量 | tūn tǔ liàng | throughput |
| 吐槽 | tǔ cáo | (coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2] |
| 吐口 | tǔ kǒu | to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc) |
| 吐血 | tù xiě | to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.