打墙

打牆

dǎqiáng

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

承重墙不能打。

Chéngzhòng qiáng bùnéng 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