| 捣 | dǎo | pound; beat; hull; attack; disturb; stir |
| 捣乱 | dǎo luàn | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally |
| 捣毁 | dǎo huǐ | to destroy; to smash; sabotage |
| 捣碎 | dǎo suì | smash |
| 捣鬼 | dǎo guǐ | to play tricks; to cause mischief |
| 直捣 | zhí dǎo | to storm; to attack directly |
| 捣蛋 | dǎo dàn | to cause trouble; to stir up trouble |
| 捣实 | dǎo shí | to ram (earth); to compact earth by ramming |
| 捣弄 | dǎo nòng | to move back and forward; to trade |
| 捣蛋鬼 | dǎo dàn guǐ | trouble-maker |
| 捣衣 | dǎo yī | to launder clothes by pounding |
| 捣卖 | dǎo mài | to resell at a profit |
| 捣腾 | dǎo téng | to buy and sell; peddling |
| 捣腾 | dǎo teng | to turn over sth repeatedly |
| 捣鼓 | dǎo gu | to fiddle with sth; to trade with sth |
| 直捣黄龙 | zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng | lit. to directly attack Huanglong; fig. to directly combat the root of a problem |