HSK 6 · Work

搭档 dādàng “partner” in Chinese

Traditional 搭檔

What 搭档 means

  1. partner
  2. to team up
  3. to cooperate

How to say 搭档

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale搭dā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale档dàng4th tone, falling

搭档 in a sentence

  1. 他们是多年的工作搭档。

    Tāmen shì duōnián de gōngzuò dādàng.

    They’ve been work partners for many years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次比赛我和小王搭档。

    Zhè cì bǐsài wǒ hé Xiǎo Wáng dādàng.

    I’m teaming up with Xiao Wang for this competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 搭档 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 搭 (dā) with each of its parts in a different colour
搭dāto put up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 荅to answer · dāSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 荅 (dā) hints at the sound. Compare it with dā.

The character 档 (dàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
档dàngshelves; pigeonholes
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 当appropriate · dāngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 当 (dāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàng.

How to write 搭档

搭 12 strokes · 档 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

搭档 (dādàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 搭档 (dādàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 搭档

Words with 搭

搭dā · to put up搭配dāpèi · to match

Words with 档

高档gāodàng · superior quality档案dàng'àn · file档次dàngcì · grade

More words: Work & Career

承包chéngbāo · to contract筹备chóubèi · to prepare创立chuànglì · to found创业chuàngyè · to start a business代理dàilǐ · to act on behalf of档案dàng'àn · file调动diàodòng · to transfer董事长dǒngshìzhǎng · chairman of the board

FAQs

搭档 (dādàng) means “partner” or “to team up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dādàng: dā with a 1st tone, then dàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 搭档 is written 搭檔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dadang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 搭档 from the suggestions. Typing dadang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
搭档 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.