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
打发
dǎfa
to send away; to pass time
Characters in this word
发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
Example phrases
- 他原以为几句客套话就能把记者打发走，没想到对方追问得更尖锐。 Tā yuán yǐwéi jǐ jù kètào huà jiù néng bǎ jìzhě dǎfa zǒu, méi xiǎngdào duìfāng zhuīwèn de gèng jiānruì. He thought a few polite remarks would be enough to send the reporter away, but the questions only became sharper.
- 下雨天不能出门，孩子们玩游戏打发时间。 Xià yǔ tiān bù néng chūmén, háizimen wán yóuxì dǎfa shíjiān. On rainy days when they cannot go out, the children play games to pass the time.
- 她随便找了个借口，把推销员打发走了。 Tā suíbiàn zhǎo le ge jièkǒu, bǎ tuīxiāoyuán dǎfa zǒu le. She made up some excuse and sent the salesman away.
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