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打扮 dǎban

打扮 dǎban Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 打扮 dǎban .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǎban | da3 ban5
English translation
to decorate
to dress
to make up
to adorn
manner of dressing
style of dress

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Traditional form

打扮 dǎban

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 打扮 dǎban

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Dīng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Dīng

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

扌丁

Number of Strokes

5
bàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and fēn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

fēn

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

扌分

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 打扮 dǎban

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为什么 wèishénme gān 这个 zhè ge ya ?” shā wèn dào . “ 自己 zìjǐ 打扮 dǎban 美丽 měilì ya , ” 妇人 fù rén 回答 huídá dào .

Why are you doing that? Sally asked. " To make myself beautiful, " the lady answered.

穿着 chuān zhuó 米色长裤 cháng kù Hóng 套衫 tào shān ,打扮 dǎban hěn 入时 rù shí .

She was fashionably turned out in cream trousers and a red sweater.

shí 着装 zhuó zhuāng 打扮 dǎban , 即使 jíshǐ guàng 商店 shāngdiàn shì 如此 rú cǐ .

She always dressed, even if she was just going to the market.

自己 zìjǐ 打扮 dǎban 漂漂亮亮, xiàng 十八 shí bā suì de 女孩子 nǚ hái zi .

She dolled herself up as though she has been a girl of eighteen.

需要 xūyào 一洗,自己 zìjǐ 打扮 dǎban 整洁 zhěng jié .

What he needed was to wash and brush himself up.

打扮 dǎban Decomposition

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打扮 dǎban Compounds

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