HSK 5 · Body

打喷嚏 dǎpēntì “to sneeze” in Chinese

Traditional 打噴嚏

What 打喷嚏 means

  1. to sneeze

How to say 打喷嚏

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale打dǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale喷pēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale嚏tì4th tone, falling

打喷嚏 in a sentence

  1. 我打喷嚏了。

    Wǒ dǎpēntì le.

    I sneezed.

    Sentence #9970071 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你咳嗽、打喷嚏或打哈欠的时候要捂住你的嘴。

    Nǐ késou, dǎpēntì huò dǎhāqian de shíhou yào wǔzhù nǐ de zuǐ.

    Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze or yawn.

    Sentence #401028 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 打喷嚏是因为有人在想你。

    Dǎpēntì shì yīnwèi yǒurén zài xiǎng nǐ.

    If you sneeze, it means someone is thinking of you.

    Sentence #14011172 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 打喷嚏 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 打 (dǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
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”.

The character 喷 (pēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 贲to forge ahead · bēnSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 贲 (bēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with pēn.

The character 嚏 (tì) with each of its parts in a different colour
嚏tìsneeze
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 疐to fall · zhìSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 疐 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tì.

How to write 打喷嚏

打 5 strokes · 喷 12 strokes · 嚏 17 strokes

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

Words related to 打喷嚏

Words with 打

打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call打dǎ · to hit打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)打开dǎkāi · to open打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan打扮dǎban · to decorate打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)

More words: People, Body & Health

主人zhǔrén · master病毒bìngdú · virus脖子bózi · neck传染chuánrǎn · to infect骨头gǔtou · bone挂号guàhào · to register (at a hospital)过敏guòmǐn · allergic后背hòubèi · back (of the body)

FAQs

打喷嚏 (dǎpēntì) means “to sneeze”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dǎpēntì: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then pēn with a 1st tone, then tì 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, 打喷嚏 is written 打噴嚏. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dapenti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打喷嚏 from the suggestions. Typing dapenti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打喷嚏 is an HSK 5 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.