打岔

dǎchà

verb HSK 7-9 #21,748

Meanings

1 to interrupt
2 to change the subject

Characters

to strike; to do

fork; branch off

Examples

别打岔，让他说完。

Bié dǎchà, ràng tā shuō wán.

Don’t interrupt, let him finish.

她故意打岔，不想讨论这个话题。

Tā gùyì dǎchà, bù xiǎng tǎolùn zhège huàtí.

She deliberately changed the subject, not wanting to discuss this topic.

Tips

memory

Think of 打 (strike) + 岔 (fork) — you ‘strike a fork’ in someone’s speech, branching the conversation away.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

岔 chà