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度

dù · du/duó · duo

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Meaning

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dù 度

  1. to pass
  2. to spend (time)
  3. measure
  4. limit
  5. extent
  6. degree of intensity
  7. degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. kilowatt-hour
  9. classifier for events and occurrences

duó 度

  1. to estimate
  2. Taiwan pr. [duò]
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In a conversation

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How hot is it?

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)多少(duōshao)度(dù)？

    How many degrees is it today?

  2. Liangliang

    手机(shǒujī)上(shàng)写着(xiězhe)三十八(sānshíbā)度(dù)。

    My phone says thirty-eight degrees.

  3. Dengdeng

    三十八(sānshíbā)度(dù)！我们(wǒmen)去(qù)吃(chī)冰淇淋(bīngqílín)吧(ba)。

    Thirty-eight degrees! Let's go get ice cream.

  4. Liangliang

    等一下(děngyīxià)，可能(kěnéng)是(shì)手机(shǒujī)太(tài)热(rè)了(le)，不是(bùshì)天气(tiānqì)。

    Wait, maybe my phone is just too hot, not the weather.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)先(xiān)把(bǎ)手机(shǒujī)放进(fàngjìn)冰箱(bīngxiāng)，再(zài)吃(chī)冰淇淋(bīngqílín)。

    Then put the phone in the fridge first, and then we eat ice cream.

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In a sentence

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01

2015 年(nián) 7 月(yuè)，伊(yī)拉(lā)克(kè)首(shǒu)都(dū)巴(bā)格(gé)达(dá)出(chū)现(xiàn)摄(shè)氏(shì) 51.1 度(dù)的(de)高(gāo)温(wēn)。

In July of 2015, the highest temperature in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, was 51.1 degrees Celsius.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)打(dǎ)算(suàn)去(qù)海(hǎi)边(biān)度(dù)一(yí)个(gè)安(ān)静(jìng)的(de)周(zhōu)末(mò)。

He plans to spend a quiet weekend at the seaside.

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