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打法 (dǎ fǎ) — method or style of playing (a game, sport) or operating (equipment)

Definition

打法 refers to the method, style, or technique of playing (a sport, game) or operating equipment. Pairs naturally with 篮球打法/比赛打法/新打法 — it's about HOW something is done, not the act itself.

noun
method or style of playing (a game, sport) or operating (equipment)
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 打法。
    Zhè zhǒng lán qiú dǎ fǎ hěn yǒu xiào.
    This basketball playing style is very effective.
  • 打法。
    Nǐ xū yào shú xi zhè tái jī qì de dǎ fǎ.
    You need to be familiar with the method of operating this machine.
  • 打法。
    Bù tóng de yóu xì yǒu bù tóng de dǎ fǎ.
    Different games have different ways of playing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

打dǎplay
法fǎmethod

打 refers to playing or striking, and 法 refers to a method, together meaning a way to play.

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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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

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Appears in
Games & PuzzlesSports & Athletics

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