打呃

dǎ'è

verb

Meanings

1 to hiccup
2 to have hiccups
3 to belch

Characters

Examples

他吃得太快，开始打呃了。

Tā chī de tài kuài, kāishǐ dǎ'è le.

He ate too fast and started hiccupping.

屏住呼吸可以止住打呃。

Píngzhù hūxī kěyǐ zhǐzhù dǎ'è.

Holding your breath can stop the hiccups.

Tips

usage

More commonly written 打嗝 (dǎgé) in everyday text — both forms are pronounced and used the same way. 呃 here is the onomatopoeic sound of the hiccup.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

呃 è