HSK 5 HSK C5/W3/V5
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Strokes

Definition

to scare/to intimidate/to threaten/(interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut/(interjection showing astonishment)

Example

As an Interjection

[used to express disapproval or resentment] tut; tut-tut; humph

1
  
,
liǎng
réncái
人才
lòng
lái
bàn
tǒng
shuǐ
  
!

Humph, two of you have got but half a bucket of water!

2
  
,
háizi
孩子
  
,
néng
guāng
zhāo
shēn
身子
dàochù
到处
pǎo
  
!

Tut-tut, child, you can't run about with no clothes on!

3
  
,
zěnme
怎么
nénggàn
能干
zhǒng
那种
shì
ne
  
?

Tut-tut, what on earth did you do that for?

As a Verb

threaten; intimidate