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Word and Radical Components of 打哈欠

The Chinese word 打哈欠 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
打哈欠 dǎ hāqian 1. v. to yawn

打哈欠 ⇨ 打 + 哈 + 欠
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat
      。 - Don't hit people.
      蚊子 - to swat mosquitoes
      飛機 下來 - to shoot down an airplane
     )” means “to beat ()”. Belongs to hand radical () and is pronounced like (*teŋ)., ref=Shuowen
2.    to play the drums
3.   打 鼓 - to play the drums
4. to fight; to attack
     打架 - to come to blows; to fight
     二戰 德國 為什麼 蘇聯? - In World War II, why did Germany attack the Soviet Union?
5. the act of beating up
      。 - He was beaten up.
6. (Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to:)
7.    to perform (a martial art)
8.   打 太極拳 - to perform Tai Chi
9.    to get; to fetch
10.   打 水 - to get water
11.    to buy (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store)
12.   打.醬油 - to buy soy sauce
13.    to guess; (the riddle) is about
14.   打 一 人物 - to guess a person
15.    to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)
16.   打 招呼 - to say hello
17.   打呵欠 - to yawn
18.   打 右燈 - to put on the right turn signal (when driving)
19.    to fabricate; to build
20.   打 刀 - to make a knife
21.   打 牆 - to build a wall
22.   打 毛衣 - to knit a sweater
23.    to stir
24.   打 算盤 - to calculate with an abacus
25.   打 方向盤 - to turn a steering wheel
26.   打 蛋daan6-2 - to whip an egg
27.    to break
28.   我 把 暖壺 打 了。 - I broke the vacuum flask.
29.   碗 打 了 - the bowl was broken by someone/something
30.   雞飛蛋打 - having lost everything
31.    to open
32.   打 帳子 - to open (or set up) the bed curtains
33.   打開 - to open
34.    to dig
35.   打 井 - to dig a well
36.    to send or call
37.   打 電報 - to send a telegraph
38.   打.電話 - to call on the telephone
39.   打 手機 - to call on the cellphone
40.   到 咗 機場 就 打 畀 我。 - Call me when you arrive at the airport.
41.   對不bu起,打 錯 了。 - Sorry, I got the wrong number.
42.    to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject
43.   打 氣 - to pump air into something
44.   打 疫苗 - to give a vaccine
45.    打 顯影劑 - to inject IV contrast -
46.    (involving gunpowder) to fire off; to set off; to attack
47.   打 槍 - to fire a gun (mainly used in China)
48.   打 炮仗zhang - to set off a firecracker
49.    (vulgar) to perform sexual activity
50.   打炮 - to have sex
51.   打手槍 - to masturbate
52.    to gather
53.   打成一片 - to get along well with everyone else
54.    to attach
55.   打.蠟 - to wax
56.   打 補丁 - to patch up
57.    to lift
58.   打 燈籠 - to carry a lighted lantern
59.    to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
60.    to write
61.   打 證明 - to write out a testimonial
62.   打 介紹信 - to write a recommendation letter
63.    to paint; to stamp
64.   打 格子 - to draw a grid
65.   打 郵戳 - to postmark
66.    (computer) to type
67.   「啲\od的i1」 字 點 打daa2? - How do you type "(m, zh, 啲, o的"?)
68.    to display (text, an image, etc.)
69.   屏幕 上 打 出 兩 行háng 字。 - Two lines of text display on the screen.
70.    to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
71.   打 電腦 - to use a computer
72.    to play (a video game or console)
73.   打 電動 - to play video game
74.    to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
75.   打 壁球 - to play squash
76.   打 一 場 輸 一 場 - play a round and lose a round
77.   打波 - to play a ball game
78.    to play (mahjong or poker, etc.)
79.   打 麻雀zoek3-2 - to play mahjong
80.   打 撲pú克kèr - to play poker, M-UIB
81.   打牌 - to play cards or mahjong
82.    to tie (attention, zh, only refers to tying specific types of things?)
83.   打 領結 - to tie a bowtie
84.   打 煲呔 - to tie a bowtie
85.    to reduce
86.   打.價 - to bargain
87.    to remove
88.   打.蟲 - to kill insects
89.    to stop
90.   打住 - to stop
91.    to mark, to attach
92.   打 個 標籤 - to tag
93. (Cantonese) to correspond to; to be associated with
1. (of fish) many; plenteous
2. (of a fish's mouth) opening; moving
3. (onomatopoeia) (sound of laughter:) ha
4. (exclamation of triumph, etc.:) ha!
5. (dialectal) (Sentence-final particle softening the request.)
6. to breathe out
7. (Taiwan Min Nan) to drink (hot tea)
8. Short for 哈薩克斯坦, gloss=Kazakhstan
9. Short for 哈爾濱, gloss=Harbin
10. (chiefly Mandarin Jin colloquial) to bend; to stoop
11. (Beijing) to scold; to reprimand
12. Only used in 哈巴 (Pekingese; pug, tr=hǎba)
Hǎ, Hā 13. (mainly among Hui people)
hǎ, hā 14. (zh-used2, c)
hā, kā 15. Only used in 哈喇 (gloss=a kind of top-quality woollen goods produced in Russia)
hǎ, hā 16. (Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) silly; stupid
17. (Southwestern Mandarin) to tickle
hà, hā 18. Only used in 哈士蟆
hà, hǎ 19. Only used in 哈巴 (gloss=knee bending when walking)
20. Alternative form of 喝 (to drink)
21. Alternative form of 呷
22. Used in place names
23. Variant of 歃
24. Variant of ?
qiàn 1. to yawn
2. to lack; to be deficient
3. to owe
4. to ask for; to beg for
     欠揍 - asking for a beating
5. (Wuhan) to miss somebody

打 ⇨ 扌 + 丁
Component Pinyin Meanings
shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
dīng 1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth
     丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane)
3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man
     壯丁 - able-bodied man
5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
     人丁 - person
6. small cube
     肉丁 - pork cubes
7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.)
     lou1 -
      - - Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
zhēng 9. Only used in 丁丁
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis
11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
12. Variant of 叮
13. Variant of 盯
14. Variant of 釘
15. Variant of 靪

哈 ⇨ 口 + 合
Component Pinyin Meanings
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名
1. to close; to shut
     合上 - close
2. to join; to combine; to unite; to bring together
     組合 - to assemble
     集合 - to gather, to assemble
3. to suit; to fit
     適合 - to fit, to suit
     合適 - suitable, fitting
      紅酒 不合。 - Fish and red wine don't go well together.
      沒有 尺寸 帽子。 - There are no hats in that store that fit me.
4. to have sexual intercourse
5. to fight, to have a confrontation with
6. to be equivalent to, to add up
      公頃 十五 市畝。 - A hectare is equivalent to 15 mu.
7. spouse
8. whole; entire
9. together
      卡片 我們 全家 母親節 快樂lè。 - This card comes from the whole family. Happy Mother's Day.
10. (game, battle) round
11. (astronomy) conjunction
12. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 合口, closed-mouthed
13. unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 升
14.    (Han dynasty) equal to 2 龠
15. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).
16. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).
17. Variant of 閤
18. Variant of 盒

丁 ⇨ 一 + 亅
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. one
      - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
      - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
      - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
      - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
      - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
      - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
      蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 海灘 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
5. same; identical
     大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
     大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
6. (classical) another; alternative
     蟋蟀 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, ) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
12.    Indicating the intention to try
13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
15. once; as soon as; upon
      OP 。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
      照片 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
     一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
     一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
16. (gay slang) top
     一號 - yīhào - a top
17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
18. =====Usage notes=====
19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
20. one
21. each; every
22. whole; entire; all
yíeijing dialect 23. (Beijing) one
24. =====Usage notes=====
jué 1. a backward hook

合 ⇨ 亼 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Variant of 集
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名