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Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dā | da1
English translation
to put up
to build (scaffolding)
to hang (clothes on a pole)
to connect
to join
to arrange in pairs
to match
to add
to throw in (resources)
to take (boat, train)
to attach, to build, to join

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌荅

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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chū le 张百搭 pái .

She put down a joker.

gēn zéi 勾搭 gōu da shǎng le .

He ganged up with some thieves.

吴敏霞搭档 dādàng 郭晶晶 Guō Jīng jīng 赢得 yíng dé le 3 bǎn de 冠军 guànjūn .

Wu Minxia and her partner, Guo Jingjing, won the 3 - meter springboard competition.

适合 shìhé 搭配 dāpèi 口味 kǒuwèi piān de Hóng ròu 野禽 yě qín lán 乳酪 rǔ lào .

Very spicy red game bird meat, ripe cheese.

我们 wǒmen yǒu Duàn 搭乘 dā chéng le 卡车 kǎchē .

We got a lift part of the way in a lorry.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to put up
搭档 dādàng partner搭檔
搭配 dāpèi to pair up搭配 dāpèi
搭建 dā jiàn to rig up搭建 dā jiàn
勾搭 gōu da to gang up勾搭 gōu da
搭乘 dā chéng to ride as a passenger搭乘 dā chéng
搭讪 dā shàn to hit on someone搭訕
搭载 dā zài to transport (people, a payload etc)搭載
搭车 dā chē to get a lift搭車
搭理 dā li to acknowledge搭理 dā li
搭话 dā huà to talk搭話
搭救 dā jiù to rescue搭救 dā jiù
白搭 bái dā no use白搭 bái dā
搭伙 dā huǒ to join up with sb搭伙 dā huǒ
搭扣 dā kòu a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches)搭扣 dā kòu
搭便车 dā biàn chē to hitch a ride搭便車
搭腔 dā qiāng to answer搭腔 dā qiāng
搭界 dā jiè an interface搭界 dā jiè
搭伴 dā bàn travel with another搭伴 dā bàn
搭背 dā bèi harness pad (on draft animal)搭背 dā bèi
搭接 dā jiē to join搭接 dā jiē
有一搭没一搭 yǒu yī dā méi yī dā unimportant有一搭沒一搭

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Decomposition

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