打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打开
dǎkāi
to open, to turn on
Characters in this word
开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请打开电视。 Qǐng dǎkāi diànshì. Please turn on the TV.
- 请打开门。 Qǐng dǎkāi mén. Please open the door.
- 请打开课本。 Qǐng dǎkāi kèběn. Please open your textbook.
- 请帮我打开电脑。 Qǐng bāng wǒ dǎkāi diànnǎo. Please help me turn on the computer.
- 打开书，跟老师读。 Dǎkāi shū, gēn lǎoshī dú. Open your books and read along with the teacher.
- 我打开了地图，找机场。 Wǒ dǎkāi le dìtú, zhǎo jīchǎng. I opened the map to find the airport.
- 妹妹想打开我的电脑。 Mèimei xiǎng dǎkāi wǒ de diànnǎo. My younger sister wants to turn on my computer.
- 打开电视好不好？ Dǎkāi diànshì hǎo bu hǎo? How about we turn on the TV?
- 我打开电视，看中文电影。 Wǒ dǎkāi diànshì, kàn Zhōngwén diànyǐng. I turned on the TV to watch a Chinese movie.
- 我们打开课本第一页。 Wǒmen dǎkāi kèběn dì yī yè. We open the textbook to page one.
Related words
- 打 dǎ to hit; to play (a ball game); to make (a call)
- 打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 打球 dǎqiú to play ball
- 打工 dǎgōng to work a temporary job
- 打算 dǎsuàn to plan; plan
- 打印 dǎyìn to print
- 打破 dǎpò to break
- 打听 dǎting to ask around; to find out
- 打 dá a dozen (measure word)
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat
- 打雷 dǎléi to thunder