打招呼 meaning in English

dǎ zhāohu

to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice

HSK 7-921 strokes

Meaning of 打招呼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎzhāohu
  1. to greet sb by word or action
  2. to give prior notice

打招呼 in example sentences

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

他tā们men面miàn带dài微wēi笑xiào向xiàng我wǒ打dǎ招zhāo呼hū。
They greeted me with a smile.
她tā面miàn带dài微wēi笑xiào向xiàng我wǒ们men打dǎ招zhāo呼hū。
She greeted us with a smile.
我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ认rèn成chéng了le别bié人rén,所suǒ以yǐ才cái没méi有yǒu和hé你nǐ打dǎ招zhāo呼hū。
I didn't greet you because I mistook you for somebody else.
那nà女nǚ孩hái跟gēn我wǒ微wēi笑xiào打dǎ招zhāo呼hū。
That girl smiled and waved to me.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài街jiē的de那nà边biān向xiàng她tā打dǎ招zhāo呼hū。
Tom called to her across the street.

Stroke order for each character

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打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes

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招 zhāo · to recruit · 8 strokes

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呼 hū · to breathe · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 打招呼.

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
打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
打印dǎyìnto affix a seal; to stamp
打破dǎpòto break; to smash
打听dǎtingto ask about; to make some inquiries
呼吸hūxīto breathe
打败dǎbàito defeat; to overpower
打扫dǎsǎoto clean; to sweep

Questions about 打招呼

What does 打招呼 mean?

打招呼 (dǎ zhāohu) means "to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice".

How do you write 打招呼?

打招呼 is made of 3 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 招 (8 strokes), 呼 (8 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 打招呼 an HSK word?

Yes. 打招呼 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.