| 搗 | [ daǒ ] to pound, to beat, to hull, to attack, to disturb, to stir |
| 搗亂 | [ daǒ luàn ] to disturb, to look for trouble, to stir up a row, to bother sb intentionally |
| 搗實 | [ daǒ shí ] to ram (earth), to compact earth by ramming |
| 搗弄 | [ daǒ nòng ] to move back and forward, to trade |
| 搗毀 | [ daǒ huǐ ] to destroy, to smash, sabotage |
| 搗爛 | [ daǒ làn ] to mash, to beat to a pulp |
| 搗碎 | [ daǒ suì ] to pound into pieces, to mash |
| 搗蛋 | [ daǒ dàn ] to cause trouble, to stir up trouble |
| 搗蛋鬼 | [ daǒ dàn guǐ ] troublemaker |
| 搗衣 | [ daǒ yī ] to launder clothes by pounding |
| 搗賣 | [ daǒ maì ] to resell at a profit |
| 搗騰 | [ daǒ téng ] to buy and sell, peddling |
| 搗騰 | [ daǒ teng ] to turn over sth repeatedly |
| 搗鬼 | [ daǒ guǐ ] to play tricks, to cause mischief |
| 搗鼓 | [ daǒ gu ] to fiddle with sth, to trade with sth |
| ⇒ 直搗 | [ zhí daǒ ] to storm, to attack directly |
| ⇒ 直搗黃龍 | [ zhí daǒ huáng lóng ] lit. to directly attack Huanglong, fig. to directly combat the root of a problem |
| ⇒ 磕頭如搗蒜 | [ kè toú rú daǒ suàn ] lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom), fig. to pound the ground with one's head |
| ⇒ 調皮搗蛋 | [ pí daǒ dàn ] naughty, mischievous, to act up |
| ⇒ 鼓搗 | [ gǔ dao ] to tinker with, to incite |