打岔

dǎchà

verb HSK 7-9 #21,748

Meanings

1 to interrupt
2 to change the subject

Characters

to strike; to do

fork; branch off

Examples

HSK 2

别打岔，让他说完。

Bié dǎchà, ràng tā shuō wán.

Don't interrupt, let him finish.

HSK 5

她故意打岔，不想讨论这个话题。

Tā gùyì dǎchà, bù xiǎng tǎolùn zhège huàtí.

She deliberately changed the subject, not wanting to discuss this topic.

Tips

memory

Think of 打 (strike) + 岔 (fork) - you 'strike a fork' in someone's speech, branching the conversation away.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

岔 chà