Meaning of 打架
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to fight
- to scuffle
- to come to blows
Measure word: 場|场
How to use 打架
打架 is a verb-object word for physical fighting, often between kids or in a street brawl. It is common in everyday speech and news. Example: 他们在学校门口打架。(Tāmen zài xuéxiào ménkǒu dǎjià.) They got into a fight at the school gate.
打 (dǎ) means to hit, and 架 (jià) is a frame or rack. Picture two people hitting each other so hard they knock over a wooden frame, and you have a fight.
Common mistake: Learners often say 跟他打架 correctly but then try to add an object directly, as in 打架他. Because 打架 already contains its object, the opponent goes before it with 跟 or 和: 我跟他打架了. Also, 吵架 (chǎojià) means to argue with words, while 打架 means to fight physically.
打架 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes
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架 jià · to support · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 打架.
| 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 |
| 吵架 | chǎojià | to quarrel; to have a row |
| 打听 | dǎting | to ask about; to make some inquiries |
| 衣架 | yījià | clothes hanger; clothes rack |
| 书架 | shūjià | bookshelf |
Questions about 打架
What does 打架 mean?
打架 (dǎjià) means "to fight; to scuffle".
How do you write 打架?
打架 is made of 2 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 架 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 打架 an HSK word?
Yes. 打架 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I split 打架 with other words in the middle?
Yes. As a verb-object word it can be separated, for example 打了一架 (dǎ le yí jià), meaning had a fight, or 打过架 (dǎ guo jià), meaning have fought before.
Can 打架 be used in a figurative sense?
Yes, informally. People say 眼皮打架 (yǎnpí dǎjià), meaning the eyelids are fighting, to describe being very sleepy. It can also describe two ideas or plans that clash.