打扫

打掃

dǎsǎo

verb HSK 4 #2,991

Meanings

1 to clean
2 to sweep

Characters

to hit; to do (action prefix)

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

Examples

我每天都打扫房间。

Wǒ měitiān dōu dǎsǎo fángjiān.

I clean my room every day.

该打扫卫生了。

Gāi dǎsǎo wèishēng le.

It is time to clean up.

请把教室打扫干净。

Qǐng bǎ jiàoshì dǎsǎo gānjìng.

Please clean the classroom thoroughly.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

扫 sǎo