Sentence #333859 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 打猎 is built
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打dǎto hit; to strike
扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
丁part of the characterSound part
Memory aidA hand 扌 striking a nail 丁: to hit. It is now used for many actions, such as 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) “to phone”.
猎lièhunting
犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
昔past · xīSound part
犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 昔 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with liè.
How to write 打猎
打 5 strokes · 猎 11 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 打猎 (dǎliè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
打猎 (dǎliè) means “to hunt” or “to go hunting”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎliè: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then liè 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, 打猎 is written 打獵. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dalie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打猎 from the suggestions. Typing dalie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打猎 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
打dǎ3rd tone, dipping
猎liè4th tone, falling
