打官司

打官司 dǎguānsi

To file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute^†

打官司 in a sentence HSK 6 daguansi

What 打官司 means

To file a lawsuit^†
to sue^†
to dispute^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 打官司, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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打官司 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

打

dǎ / dá

Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen

官

guān

Official

司

sī

Take charge of (control - company)

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打官司 in a sentence

为了这块地，两家人打官司打了三年。

Wèile zhè kuài dì, liǎng jiā rén dǎ guānsi dǎ le sān nián.

The two families went to law over this plot of land for three years.

能协商解决就不必打官司。

Néng xiéshāng jiějué jiù búbì dǎ guānsi.

If it can be settled by negotiation there is no need to go to court.

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Questions about 打官司

What does 打官司 mean in English?

打官司 is pronounced dǎguānsi and means To file a lawsuit, to sue, to dispute †.

How do you pronounce 打官司?

打官司 is dǎguānsi in pinyin — written daguansi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 打官司?

打官司 is written with 3 characters: 打 (dǎ / dá) Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen, 官 (guān) Official, 司 (sī) Take charge of (control - company). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 打官司 an HSK word?

Yes — 打官司 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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达成 dáchéng 答辩 dábiàn 答复 dáfù 打包 dǎbāo 打击 dǎjī 打架 dǎjià 打量 dǎliang 打猎 dǎliè

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