(dǎ rǎo) - disturb, bother, interrupt in Mandarin
dǎrǎoTraditional: 打擾
Translation
disturb, bother, interrupt
Word origin
The word 打扰 combines 打 'to do, to act' with 扰 'to disturb'. 扰 (traditional 擾) is a phono-semantic compound with the 扌 (hand) radical and a phonetic element, meaning to trouble. Together they mean to disturb or bother.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 打 (dǎ, to do) + 扰 (rǎo, to disturb: 扌 hand radical)
Stroke order
打
扰
Examples
，。
Sorry to bother you.
。
Please don't disturb me.
，。
Sorry to bother you for a moment.
。
Do not disturb him while he is working.
打扰 (dǎ rǎo) means disturb, bother, interrupt. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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