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打交道 (dǎjiāodào) English Meaning
- to come into contact with
- to have dealings
Traditional Characters: 打交道
+ is only found in HSK 5.
打 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
交 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
道 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Sample Sentences
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Stroke Order & Character Components
打 (dǎ): to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from
- 扌 (shou): hand
- 丁 (dīng): fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); fourth in order; letter ‘D’ or roman ‘IV’ in list ‘A, B, C’, or ‘I, II, III’ etc; butyl; cubes (of food)
交 (jiāo): to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines)
- 亠 (tóu): shelter, head
- 父 (fù): father
道 (dào): direction; way; road; path; CL: 條|条(tiáo), 股(gǔ); principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, etc.), barriers (walls, doors, etc.), questions (in an exam, etc.), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; province (of Korea or Japan)
- 辶 (chuò): brisk walking
- 首 (shǒu): head
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 打
HSK 1 Word List
- 打电话 (dǎ diàn huà): to make a phone call
HSK 2 Word List
- 打篮球 (dǎ lán qiú): play basketball
HSK 3 Word List
- 打扫 (dǎ sǎo): to clean; to sweep
- 打算 (dǎ suàn): to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL: 个 (gè)
HSK 4 Word List
- 打扮 (dǎ ban): to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress
- 打扰 (dǎ rǎo): to disturb; to bother; to trouble
- 打印 (dǎ yìn): to print; to seal; to stamp
- 打招呼 (dǎ zhāo hu): to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
- 打折 (dǎ zhé): to give a discount
- 打针 (dǎ zhēn): to give or have an injection
HSK 5 Word List
- 打工 (dǎ gōng): to have a part time job; to do manual work
- 打交道 (dǎ jiāo dào): to come into contact with; to have dealings
- 打喷嚏 (dǎ pēn tì): to sneeze
- 打听 (dǎ ting): to ask about; to inquire about
HSK 6 Word List
- 打包 (dǎ bāo): to wrap; to pack; to ask for a doggy bag (at a restaurant)
- 打官司 (dǎ guān si): to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute
- 打击 (dǎ jī): to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; a setback; a blow; percussion (music)
- 打架 (dǎ jià): to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows; CL: 场 (cháng)
- 打量 (dǎ liang): to size sb up; to take measure of; to suppose; to reckon
- 打猎 (dǎ liè): to go hunting
- 打仗 (dǎ zhàng): to fight a battle; to go to war
- 精打细算 (jīng dǎ xì suàn): (saying) meticulous planning and careful accounting
- 殴打 (ōu dǎ): to beat up; to come to blows; battery (law)
- 无精打采 (wú jīng dǎ cǎi): dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 交
HSK 4 Word List
- 交 (jiāo): to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines)
- 交流 (jiāo liú): exchange; give-and-take; to exchange; to alternate; communication; alternating current (electricity)
- 交通 (jiāo tōng): traffic; communications; liaison; to be connected
HSK 5 Word List
- 打交道 (dǎ jiāo dào): to come into contact with; to have dealings
- 交换 (jiāo huàn): to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute
- 交际 (jiāo jì): communication; social intercourse
- 交往 (jiāo wǎng): to associate; to contact; association; contact
- 外交 (wài jiāo): diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 成交 (chéng jiāo): to complete a contract; to reach a deal
- 交叉 (jiāo chā): to cross; to intersect
- 交代 (jiāo dài): to hand over; to explain; to make clear; to brief (somebody); to account for; to justify oneself; to confess; to finish (colloquial)
- 交涉 (jiāo shè): to negotiate; relating to
- 交易 (jiāo yì): (business) transaction; business deal; CL: 笔(bǐ)
- 立交桥 (lì jiāo qiáo): overpass; flyover
- 杂交 (zá jiāo): a hybrid
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 道
HSK 2 Word List
- 知道(zhī dào): to know; to be aware of
HSK 3 Word List
- 街道(jiē dào): street; CL: 条(tiáo)
HSK 4 Word List
- 道歉(dào qiàn): to apologize; to make an apology
- 难道(nán dào): don’t tell me…; could it be that…?
- 味道(wèi dào): flavor; smell; hint of
HSK 5 Word List
- 报道(bào dào): report; to report (new); CL: 篇(piān), 份(fèn)
- 打交道(dǎjiāo dào): to come into contact with; to have dealings
- 道德(dào dé): virtue; morality; ethics; moral; CL: 种(zhǒng)
- 道理(dào lǐ): reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 地道(dì dao): real; pure; genuine; typical; well-done; thorough
- 频道(pín dào): frequency; (television) channel
HSK 6 Word List
- 霸道(bà dào): overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine, etc.) strong; potent; the Way of the Hegemon, abbr. of 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道
- 赤道(chì dào): equator (of the earth or astronomical body)
- 东道主(dōng dào zhǔ): host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
- 公道(gōng dào): justice; fairness; public highway
- 轨道(guǐdào): orbit; railway or tram line; fig. conventional way of thinking
- 渠道(qú dào): irrigation ditch; medium or channel of communication
- 人道(rén dào): human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the ‘human way’, one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
- 任重道远(rèn zhòng dào yuǎn): a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
- 隧道(suì dào): tunnel
- 微不足道(wēi bù zú dào): negligible; insignificant
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
