HSK 6 · Society

打仗 dǎzhàng “to fight a war” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 打仗 means

  1. to fight a war
  2. to go to war
  3. to fight a battle

How to say 打仗

  • 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仗zhàng4th tone, falling

打仗 in a sentence

  1. 饿着肚子是没法打仗的。

    È zhe dùzi shì méifǎ dǎzhàng de.

    You can’t fight a war on an empty stomach.

    Sentence #10275162 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 打仗 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 仗 (zhàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
仗zhàngweaponry
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 丈part of the characterSound part

How to write 打仗

打 5 strokes · 仗 5 strokes

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

Words related to 打仗

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: Society & Law

党dǎng · (political) party当事人dāngshìrén · party (involved)当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected盗窃dàoqiè · to steal典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony抵制dǐzhì · to boycott动荡dòngdàng · turmoil东道主dōngdàozhǔ · host

FAQs

打仗 (dǎzhàng) means “to fight a war” or “to go to war”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎzhàng: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then zhàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 打仗 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dazhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打仗 from the suggestions. Typing dazhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打仗 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.