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
打盹儿
dǎdǔnr
to doze off
Characters in this word
盹 dǔn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 目 eye 屯 village, hamlet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 午后的听证会冗长而重复，连经验丰富的记者都忍不住打盹儿。 Wǔhòu de tīngzhènghuì rǒngcháng ér chóngfù, lián jīngyàn fēngfù de jìzhě dōu rěn bú zhù dǎ dǔnr. The afternoon hearing was long-winded and repetitive; even experienced reporters could not help dozing off.
- 爷爷看电视看着看着就打盹儿了。 Yéye kàn diànshì kàn zhe kàn zhe jiù dǎ dǔnr le. Grandpa dozed off while watching TV.
- 午饭后她靠着椅背打盹儿，被同事轻轻叫醒了。 Wǔfàn hòu tā kào zhe yǐbèi dǎ dǔnr, bèi tóngshì qīngqīng jiào xǐng le. After lunch she dozed leaning against her chair and was gently woken by a colleague.
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 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 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