打手 meaning in English

dǎshou

hired thug

9 strokes

Meaning of 打手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎshou
  1. hired thug

打手 in example sentences

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

一yī群qún年nián轻qīng人rén在zài操cāo场chǎng上shàng打dǎ手shǒu球qiú。
A group of young men are playing handball in the playground.
约yuē翰hàn当dāng时shí在zài疯fēng狂kuáng地dì打dǎ手shǒu势shì。
John motioned furiously.

Stroke order for each character

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

打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 打手.

打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
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
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
举手jǔshǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
打印dǎyìnto affix a seal; to stamp
手指shǒuzhǐfinger

Questions about 打手

What does 打手 mean?

打手 (dǎshou) means "hired thug".

How do you write 打手?

打手 is made of 2 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 手 (4 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.