吐	582A05   40A.11-1	部居	畫數  6	ㄊㄨˇ [tu3]  (*ㄊㄨˋ [tu4] ).
v	(1)  To spit out: 把他的唾沫吐在他臉上 spit in his face; 吐口水 spit; 吐舌頭 stick out tongue, gesture of surprise; 吐氣 [tu3qi4]↓; 蠶吐絲 silkworm spins out silk; 吐剛茹柔 (AC) avoid the strong and bully the weak; 吐哺握髮 (AC allu. to 周公) stopped a mouthful in the middle of eating and bound up his hair in the midst of a bath in order to see visitors. (2)  Speak out from the heart, esp. 吐露 [tu3lu4]↓: 吐實 confess the truth; 不吐不快 have to get it out of one's chest. (3)  Adopt a style of conversation: 談吐; 談吐高雅 have a refined style of conversation, see also 吐屬 [tu3shu3]↓. (4)  (*[tu4]) Throw up, vomit: 嘔吐 ditto; 他吐了，吐出來 vomit s.t.; 吐血，吐瀉 [tu4xie3], [tu4xie4]↓. (5)  (*[tu4]) Cough up illegal gains: 他贏的錢全部吐還 cough up all his profits.
Words	1.吐氣 [tu3qi4], v.i., heave a sigh of satisfaction: 揚眉吐氣 appear very proud and self-satisfied.  2.吐蕃 [tu4fan1], n., place name in Tibet (also wr. 番 pr. [tu4bo1]).  3.吐谷渾 [tu4gu3hun2], n., tribe in Chinese Turkestan.  4.吐劑 *[tu4ji4], n., (med.) emetic.  5.吐露 *[tu4lu4], v.i., reveal from the heart: 吐露實情 (心腹) reveal one's true feelings.  6.吐沫 *[tu4mo0], v.i., spit out saliva (also wr. 唾沫).  7.吐納 *[tu4na4], v.i., from 吐故納新 Taoist art of controlled breathing and swallowing of saliva toward achieving long life.  8.吐血 *[tu4xie3], v.i., throw up blood.  9.吐瀉 *[tu4xie4], n. & v.i., suffer from vomiting and diarrhoea; cholera.  10.吐綬雞 [tu3shou4ji1], n., rare litr. name for turkey (＝火雞).  11.吐屬 [tu2shu3], n., style and manner of conversation.  12.吐痰 [tu3tan2], v.i., spit (saliva or phlegm).