扣动 meaning in English

kòudòng

to pull (a trigger)

Traditional 扣動12 strokes

Meaning of 扣动

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kòudòng
  1. to pull (a trigger)

扣动 in example sentences

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

汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ枪qiāng顶dǐng到dào了le自zì己jǐ头tóu上shàng,扣kòu动dòng了le扳bān机jī。
Tom put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

扣 kòu · to fasten · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 扣动.

动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
行动xíngdòngoperation; action
动物dòngwùanimal
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动yùndòngto move; to exercise
感动gǎndòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
发动fādòngto start; to launch
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
主动zhǔdòngto take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
动力dònglìmotive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
推动tuīdòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to

Questions about 扣动

What does 扣动 mean?

扣动 (kòudòng) means "to pull (a trigger)".

How do you write 扣动?

扣动 is made of 2 characters: 扣 (6 strokes), 动 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 扣动 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 扣动 is written 扣動.