HSK 4 · Verbs

打印 dǎyìn “to print (with a printer)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 打印 means

  1. to print (with a printer)
  2. to stamp
  3. to affix a seal
  4. to print out (with a printer)

How to say 打印

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale印yìn4th tone, falling

打印 in a sentence

  1. 打印机 means “printer”

    我昨天买了这个打印机。

    Wǒ zuótiān mǎi le zhè ge dǎyìnjī.

    I bought this printer yesterday.

    Sentence #574569 from Tatoeba

How 打印 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 印 (yìn) drawn as one shape
印yìnto print

印 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 打印

打 5 strokes · 印 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 打印

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打折dǎzhé · to give a discount

Words with 印

复印fùyìn · to photocopy印象yìnxiàng · impression印刷yìnshuā · to print

More words: Common Verbs

存cún · to exist打扮dǎban · to decorate倒dǎo · to fall打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打折dǎzhé · to give a discount打针dǎzhēn · to give or have an injection戴dài · to wear (glasses当dāng · to act as

FAQs

打印 (dǎyìn) means “to print (with a printer)” or “to stamp”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dǎyìn: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then yìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 打印 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dayin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打印 from the suggestions. Typing dayin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打印 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.