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打印 (dǎ yìn) — to print (using a printer); to print out; (rare) to affix a seal; to stamp

Definition

The everyday verb 'to print (on a printer)' — a computer/printer action, separable as 打印…出来 (print out). 印刷 is more formal and refers to commercial printing; 印 covers both stamping and printing broadly.

verb
to print (using a printer)to print out(rare) to affix a sealto stamp

Examples

  • 打印。
    Wǒ bǎ wén zhāng dǎ yìn chū lái le.
    I printed out the article.
  • 打印。
    Qǐng bāng wǒ bǎ zhè ge biǎo gé dǎ yìn sān fèn.
    Please help me print three copies of this form.
  • ，打印。
    Dǎ yìn jī huài le, jīn tiān bù néng dǎ yìn.
    The printer is broken, we can't print today.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

打dǎprint
印yìnprint/stamp

打 and 印 both mean to print or stamp, giving the sense of printing out or stamping a seal.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 爪爪zhuǎhand
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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HSK 3.0 Level 4HSK 2.0 Level 4Computers & Internet

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