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打鼾 (dǎ hān) — to snore

Definition

打鼾 literally means 'to strike/emit a snore' — it's the standard verb for snoring, used when describing the sound itself. Often paired with 声 or 大声 in complaints about noise.

verb
to snore

Examples

  • 打鼾。
    Tā shuì jiào shí zǒng ài dǎ hān.
    He always snores when he sleeps.
  • 。
    Zuó wǎn tā dǎ le zhěng yè de hān.
    He snored the whole night last night.
  • ，。
    Wǒ dì di dǎ hān hěn dà shēng, chǎo dé wǒ shuì bù zháo.
    My younger brother snores so loudly that it keeps me awake.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

打dǎdo/make
鼾hānsnoring

打 'do/make' combines with 鼾 'snoring' to express producing snoring sounds.

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
鼻鼻bí
Sound part声符shēngfú
干
干gān鼾hān
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

鼾 pairs 鼻 (nose) with 干, which supplies the sound.

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