Nà ge rén yīnwèi ōudǎ biéren bèi jǐngchá dàizǒu le.
That man was taken away by the police for beating someone up.
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How 殴打 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.
殴ōuto beat up
区area · qūSound part
殳weapon · shūMeaning part
殳 hints at the meaning (weapon); 区 (qū) hints at the sound. Compare it with ōu.
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”.
How to write 殴打
殴 8 strokes · 打 5 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 殴打 (ōudǎ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
殴打 (ōudǎ) means “to beat up” or “to assault”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ōudǎ: ōu with a 1st tone, then dǎ with a 3rd 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, 殴打 is written 毆打. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ouda with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 殴打 from the suggestions. Typing ouda into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
殴打 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
殴ōu1st tone, high and level
打dǎ3rd tone, dipping
