打牌 meaning in English

打牌 is a verb-object phrase meaning to play cards or mahjong, often as a casual social activity with friends or family. Because it is verb plus object, you can split it: 打了一晚上牌 (played cards all evening). Example: 过年的时候，我们一家人常常打牌。(Guònián de shíhou, wǒmen yì jiā rén chángcháng dǎpái.) During the New Year, our family often plays cards.

打 (dǎ) has the hand radical 扌, so picture a hand slapping down a 牌 (pái), a card or tile, onto the table. Hitting cards down with your hand is how you play.

Common mistake: Learners often say 玩牌 and 打牌 as if only one is correct. Both exist, but 打牌 is the more common everyday phrase. Another mistake is writing 牌 (pái) as 啤 (pí, beer), which shares the 卑 part but has the mouth radical 口.