打扫

打掃

dǎsǎo

verb HSK 4 #2,991

Meanings

打 here is an action prefix, not "to hit." Combined with 扫, it means general cleaning.

HSK 3

我每天都打扫房间。

Wǒ měitiān dōu dǎsǎo fángjiān.

I clean my room every day.

HSK 3

该打扫卫生了。

Gāi dǎsǎo wèishēng le.

It is time to clean up.

HSK 3

请把教室打扫干净。

Qǐng bǎ jiàoshì dǎsǎo gānjìng.

Please clean the classroom thoroughly.

usage

打扫卫生 (dǎsǎo wèishēng) is the most common collocation, meaning "to clean/do housekeeping."

打 dǎ

扫 sǎo