打墙

打牆

dǎqiáng

verb

Meanings

1 to knock down a wall
2 to demolish an interior wall (renovation)

Characters

Examples

他们打算打墙把两间房打通。

Tāmen dǎsuàn dǎqiáng bǎ liǎng jiān fáng dǎtōng.

They plan to knock down the wall and merge the two rooms.

承重墙不能打。

Chéngzhòng qiáng bù néng dǎ.

Load-bearing walls can't be knocked down.

Tips

mistakes

In Chinese apartment renovation, 打墙 specifically means demolishing a non-load-bearing partition. Never touch a 承重墙 — it's both illegal and structurally dangerous, and property management will stop the work.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

墙 qiáng