Chinese word dictionary

打镲

dǎ chǎ · (dialect) to joke; to make fun of (sb)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified打镲

Traditional打鑔

Pinyindǎ chǎ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

打dǎ

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

镲chǎ

cymbals

How to learn 打镲

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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打电话dǎdiànhuà

to make a telephone call

打dǎ

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")

打车dǎchē

to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

打扫dǎsǎo

to clean; to sweep

打算dǎsuàn

to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]