打交道 meaning in English

dǎ jiāodao

to come into contact with; to have dealings

HSK 7-923 strokes

Meaning of 打交道

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎjiāodào
  1. to come into contact with
  2. to have dealings

打交道 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

别bié和hé这zhè个ge人rén打dǎ交jiāo道dào。
Don't get involved with that guy.
我wǒ不bù喜xǐ欢huān跟gēn人rén打dǎ交jiāo道dào。
I don't like to socialize.
他tā们men俩liǎ工gōng作zuò上shàng联lián系xì多duō,经jīng常cháng打dǎ交jiāo道dào。
Those two communicate a lot with each other at work, often rubbing shoulders.
每měi个gè曾céng经jīng与yǔ AI 客kè服fú打dǎ交jiāo道dào的de人rén都dōu知zhī道dào,AI 与yǔ真zhēn人rén相xiāng比bǐ有yǒu多duō么me逊xùn色sè。
Everyone who has had to deal with AI customer service knows how inferior it is to actual humans.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes

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交 jiāo · to hand over · 6 strokes

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道 dào · road · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 打交道.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
打球dǎ qiúto play a ball sport
打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend
交给jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
味道wèidàoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
道理dàolǐreason; argument
道路dàolùroad; path
打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
交通jiāotōngto be connected; traffic

Questions about 打交道

What does 打交道 mean?

打交道 (dǎ jiāodao) means "to come into contact with; to have dealings".

How do you write 打交道?

打交道 is made of 3 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 交 (6 strokes), 道 (12 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 打交道 an HSK word?

Yes. 打交道 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.