What 打招呼 means
- Greet (inform)
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打招呼 in a sentence
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What does 打招呼 mean in English?
打招呼 is pronounced dǎzhāohu and means Greet (inform).
How do you pronounce 打招呼?
打招呼 is dǎzhāohu in pinyin — written dazhaohu without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 打招呼?
打招呼 is written with 3 characters: 打 (dǎ / dá) Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen, 招 (zhāo) Beckon (recruit - provoke - confess - trick - move), 呼 (hū) Exhale (shout - call). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
Is 打招呼 an HSK word?
Yes — 打招呼 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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