(dā) - to put up, to build, to take (transport), to match together in Mandarin
dāTraditional: 搭
Translation
to put up, to build, to take (transport), to match together
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound combining the hand radical 扌(shǒu, hand) with 答 (dá, phonetic), pointing to an action done by hand.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 扌(shǒu, hand) + 答 (dá, phonetic)
Stroke order
搭
Examples
帐篷。
We put up a tent together.
。
He takes the bus to work every day.
。
These two colours match very nicely.
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Please give me a hand.
桥。
The workers are building a bridge.
搭 (dā) means to put up or build, to take a means of transport, or to match things together. It is a versatile everyday verb covering everything from pitching a tent to catching a bus.
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