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The character 呕, whose traditional form is 嘔, is etymologically derived from the phonetic component 區 (ōu), which here suggests both sound and the sense of something being contained and then expelled, combined with the radical 口 meaning mouth. Its core meaning has consistently been to vomit or retch, a direct physical action originating from the mouth. Over time, this primary sense was extended metaphorically to describe producing something with great effort or discomfort, as well as to convey strong feelings of disgust or disdain, where one might say something is "nauseating" in a figurative sense. The structural simplification from 嘔 to 呕 primarily streamlined the phonetic element while retaining the essential mouth radical, preserving the character's conceptual link to expulsion through the mouth both in literal and expressive contexts.
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他经常呕吐不止。
恶心的时候容易呕。
她呕出了胃里的食物。
这种味道让人想呕。
他因为食物中毒而呕吐。
看到那个场景，我差点呕出来。
长期酗酒导致他经常呕吐。
尽管医生给了药，他还是呕个不停。