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打喷嚏

dǎ pēn tìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to sneeze
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c2223c5ff30067a0. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

打噴嚏 打喷嚏 [da3 pen1 ti4] /to sneeze/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 打噴嚏

  • 打
    dá

    (loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [dǎ]

    dǎ

    to hit / to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[dǎ sǎn] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[dǎ diàn huà] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[dǎ zhēn] "to get an injection" / (coll.) from / since

  • 喷
    pēn

    to spout / to spurt / to spray / to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)

    pèn

    (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)

  • 嚏
    tì

    sneeze

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.