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打卡

dǎkǎ

to punch in

A person holds a card against a wall reader
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

卡 kǎ

Strokes
5
Radical
卜 — divination, fortune-telling
Made of
上 above, on top, superior 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 公司改用手机打卡后,外勤人员的考勤记录更准确了。 Gōngsī gǎi yòng shǒujī dǎkǎ hòu, wàiqín rényuán de kǎoqín jìlù gèng zhǔnquè le. After the company switched to mobile clock-ins, the attendance records for field staff became more accurate.
  • 每天早上九点以前要到公司打卡。 Měitiān zǎoshang jiǔ diǎn yǐqián yào dào gōngsī dǎkǎ. Every morning you must clock in at the office before nine o'clock.
  • 周末她们去新开的书店打卡拍照。 Zhōumò tāmen qù xīn kāi de shūdiàn dǎkǎ pāizhào. At the weekend they went to the newly opened bookstore to check in and take photos.

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