打呃

dǎ'è

verb

Meanings

1 to hiccup
2 to have hiccups
3 to belch

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

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.

HSK 7-9

屏住呼吸可以止住打呃。

Bǐngzhù 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