打听

打听 dǎting in a sentence

Inquire (ask about)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 2 sentences

打听 (dǎting) means Inquire (ask about). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我去 打听 一下火车的时间。

Wǒ qù dǎting yíxià huǒchē de shíjiān.

I will go and ask about the train times.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 打听

他到处 打听 这个人的消息。

Tā dàochù dǎting zhège rén de xiāoxi.

He asked everywhere for news of this person.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 打听

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How is 打听 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 打听 (dǎting, "Inquire (ask about)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 打听 an HSK word?

Yes — 打听 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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