打哈欠

dǎhāqiàn

verb #21,944

Meanings

1 to yawn

Characters

to make/to do (general action verb)

phonetic breath sound (ha-)

Examples

他不停地打哈欠，困得睁不开眼。

Tā bùtíng de dǎhāqiàn, kùn de zhēng bù kāi yǎn.

He kept yawning, too sleepy to keep his eyes open.

打哈欠会传染。

Dǎhāqiàn huì chuánrǎn.

Yawning is contagious.

Tips

memory

打哈欠 literally means 'to make a hā-qiàn sound'. The 哈 (hā) imitates the intake of breath, and 欠 (qiàn) means 'to lack/to owe', evoking the sense of 'owing' your body some rest. 打 is a versatile verb meaning 'to make/to do' in many compound actions.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

哈 hā

欠 qiàn