打扮 meaning in English

dǎban

to decorate; to dress

HSK 5verb12 strokes

Meaning of 打扮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎban

to decorate
to dress
to make up
to adorn
manner of dressing
style of dress

How to use 打扮

打扮 works as a verb for getting dressed up or making yourself look nice, and as a noun for someone's style of dress. It often appears with 自己 or with reduplication for a casual feel. Example: 她每天早上都要打扮半个小时。(Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu yào dǎban bàn gè xiǎoshí.) She spends half an hour getting ready every morning.

Both 打 (dǎ) and 扮 (bàn) have the hand radical 扌, so picture two busy hands working on your look. 打 is the all-purpose "do" verb, and 扮 means to dress up as, so 打扮 is doing your appearance.

Common mistake: In 打扮 the second syllable is usually neutral tone (dǎban), so learners who say a full fourth tone bàn sound stiff. Also do not confuse it with 扮演 (bànyǎn), which means to play a role, not to dress up.

打扮 in example sentences

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

她tā很hěn会huì打dǎ扮bàn，所suǒ以yǐ不bù管guǎn穿chuān上shàng什shén么me都dōu合hé适shì。

She has good style, so she looks good in anything she wears.

为wèi了le她tā的de重zhòng要yào约yuē会huì，她tā精jīng心xīn打dǎ扮bàn了le一yī下xià。

She got all dolled up for her big date.

他tā打dǎ扮bàn得de像xiàng女nǚ人rén一yī样yàng。

He dressed up as a woman.

我wǒ不bù在zài乎hū别bié人rén怎zěn么me看kàn我wǒ的de打dǎ扮bàn。

I don't care what people think about the way I dress.

汤tāng姆mǔ打dǎ扮bàn成chéng吸xī血xuè鬼guǐ。

Tom is dressed as a vampire.

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打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes

扮 bàn · to disguise oneself as · 7 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 打扮.

打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call
打开	dǎkāi	to open; to show (a ticket)
打球	dǎ qiú	to play a ball sport
打车	dǎchē	to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
打算	dǎsuàn	to plan; to intend
打工	dǎgōng	to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
打印	dǎyìn	to affix a seal; to stamp
打破	dǎpò	to break; to smash
打听	dǎting	to ask about; to make some inquiries
打败	dǎbài	to defeat; to overpower
打扫	dǎsǎo	to clean; to sweep
打针	dǎzhēn	to give or get an injection

Questions about 打扮

What does 打扮 mean?

打扮 (dǎban) means "to decorate; to dress" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 打扮?

打扮 is made of 2 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 扮 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 打扮 an HSK word?

Yes. 打扮 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do you say "dress up a little" with 打扮?

Use the reduplicated form 打扮打扮 (dǎban dǎban), for example 你出门前打扮打扮吧 (Nǐ chūmén qián dǎban dǎban ba), "Dress up a bit before you go out." The doubling makes it sound light and casual.

Can 打扮 be used to describe someone's outfit or style?

Yes. As a noun it means style of dress, as in 他的打扮很时髦 (Tā de dǎban hěn shímáo), "His outfit is very fashionable." You can also say 打扮成 (dǎban chéng) to mean dressed up as something, like 打扮成医生 (dressed up as a doctor).