What 打喷嚏 means
- To sneeze†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 打喷嚏, 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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Questions about 打喷嚏
What does 打喷嚏 mean in English?
打喷嚏 is pronounced dǎpēntì and means To sneeze †.
How do you pronounce 打喷嚏?
打喷嚏 is dǎpēntì in pinyin — written dapenti without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 打喷嚏?
打喷嚏 is written with 3 characters: 打 (dǎ / dá) Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen, 喷 (pēn) Gush (spray - erupt), 嚏 (tì) Sneeze. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 打喷嚏 written in traditional Chinese?
打噴嚏. The simplified form 打喷嚏 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 打噴嚏 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dǎpēntì.
Is 打喷嚏 an HSK word?
Yes — 打喷嚏 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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