HSK 4 · Verbs

打针 dǎzhēn “to give or have an injection” in Chinese

Traditional 打針

What 打针 means

  1. to give or have an injection
  2. to give or get an injection

How to say 打针

  • 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针zhēn1st tone, high and level

打针 in a sentence

  1. 很多孩子都怕打针。

    Hěn duō háizi dōu pà dǎzhēn.

    Lots of children are scared of injections.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 医生说不用打针，吃药就行。

    Yīshēng shuō búyòng dǎzhēn, chī yào jiù xíng.

    The doctor said I don’t need an injection; medicine will do.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 打针 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 针 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
针zhēnneedle
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīn
  • 十ten · shí

How to write 打针

打 5 strokes · 针 7 strokes

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

Words related to 打针

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)

Words with 针

针对zhēnduì · to target方针fāngzhēn · policy指南针zhǐnánzhēn · compass

More words: Common Verbs

倒dǎo · to fall打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)打折dǎzhé · to give a discount戴dài · to wear (glasses当dāng · to act as调查diàochá · investigation掉diào · to fall

FAQs

打针 (dǎzhēn) means “to give or have an injection” or “to give or get an injection”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dǎzhēn: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then zhēn with a 1st 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, 打针 is written 打針. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dazhen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打针 from the suggestions. Typing dazhen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打针 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.