打印

打印 dǎyìn

To affix a seal; to stamp; to print out (with a printer)^†

打印 in a sentence HSK 4 dayin

What 打印 means

To affix a seal^†
to stamp^†
to print out (with a printer)^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 打印, 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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打印 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

打

dǎ / dá

Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen

印

yìn

Stamp (print - seal - mark - confirm)

Words that share a character with 打印

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打印 in a sentence

请帮我打印这份材料。

Qǐng bāng wǒ dǎyìn zhè fèn cáiliào.

Please help me print this document.

打印机坏了，现在打印不了。

Dǎyìnjī huài le, xiànzài dǎyìn bù liǎo.

The printer is broken, so we cannot print now.

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Questions about 打印

What does 打印 mean in English?

打印 is pronounced dǎyìn and means To affix a seal, to stamp, to print out (with a printer) †.

How do you pronounce 打印?

打印 is dǎyìn in pinyin — written dayin without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 打印?

打印 is written with 2 characters: 打 (dǎ / dá) Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen, 印 (yìn) Stamp (print - seal - mark - confirm). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 打印 an HSK word?

Yes — 打印 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Studied around the same time

错误 cuòwù 答案 dá'àn 打扮 dǎbàn 打扰 dǎrǎo 打招呼 dǎzhāohu 打折 dǎzhé 打针 dǎzhēn 大概 dàgài

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