HSK 4 · Verbs

打扰 dǎrǎo “to disturb” in Chinese

Said as dárǎo

Traditional 打擾

What 打扰 means

  1. to disturb
  2. to bother
  3. to trouble

How to say 打扰

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale扰rǎo3rd tone, dipping

Said as dárǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

打扰 in a sentence

  1. 打扰一下，超市现在营业吗？

    Dǎrǎo yíxià, chāoshì xiànzài yíngyè ma?

    Excuse me, is the supermarket open now?

    Sentence #1397106 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我学习的时候不要打扰我。

    Wǒ xuéxí de shíhou búyào dǎrǎo wǒ.

    Don’t disturb me while I’m studying.

    Sentence #510769 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 很抱歉在这个时间打扰您。

    Hěn bàoqiàn zài zhè ge shíjiān dǎrǎo nín.

    I am sorry to bother you at this time.

    Sentence #2482704 from Tatoeba

How 打扰 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 扰 (rǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
扰rǎoto disturb
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 尤especially · yóuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 尤 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with rǎo.

How to write 打扰

打 5 strokes · 扰 7 strokes

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

Words related to 打扰

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打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)打折dǎzhé · to give a discount

Words with 扰

干扰gānrǎo · to disturb扰乱rǎoluàn · to disturb骚扰sāorǎo · to harass

More words: Common Verbs

出现chūxiàn · to appear存cún · to exist打扮dǎban · to decorate倒dǎo · to fall打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)打折dǎzhé · to give a discount打针dǎzhēn · to give or have an injection戴dài · to wear (glasses

FAQs

打扰 (dǎrǎo) means “to disturb” or “to bother”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dǎrǎo: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then rǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like dárǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 打扰 is written 打擾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type darao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打扰 from the suggestions. Typing darao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打扰 is an HSK 4 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.