打扫 Chinese English dictionary 打扫 translate 打扫 pinyin

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打扫

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
打扫 dǎsǎo	打扫 \| 打扫* \| *打扫	to clean / to sweep	打掃 HSK 4

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
打	打 \| 打* \| *打	5画手扌 + 2	dǎ, dá	strike, hit, beat; fight; attack	daa2	5102.0 QMN


扫	扫 \| 扫* \| *扫	6画手扌 + 3	sǎo, sào	sweep, clear away; exterminate	sou3	掃 5707 QSM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
打扫 dǎsǎo	打扫 \| 打扫* \| *打扫	to clean / to sweep


打 dá	打 \| 打* \| *打	(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]


打 dǎ	打 \| 打* \| *打	a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then")


扫　sǎo	扫 \| 扫* \| *扫	to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan


扫　sào	扫 \| 扫* \| *扫	(bound form) a (large) broom