打气 meaning in English

dǎqì

to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale

Traditional 打氣9 strokes

Meaning of 打气

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎqì
  1. to inflate; to pump up
  2. (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale

打气 in example sentences

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

球qiú员yuán们men坐zuò在zài更gēng衣yī室shì,听tīng教jiào练liàn给gěi他tā们men打dǎ气qì。
The players sat and listened to their coach give them a pep talk in the changing rooms.

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

气 qì · gas · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 打气.

打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
生气shēngqìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
天气tiānqìweather
打球dǎ qiúto play a ball sport
打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend
空气kōngqìair; atmosphere
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
气温qìwēnair temperature

Questions about 打气

What does 打气 mean?

打气 (dǎqì) means "to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale".

How do you write 打气?

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

How is 打气 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 打气 is written 打氣.