打听(dǎ ting): to ask about
to ask about
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- dǎ ting
- Meaning
- to ask about
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 打聽
Appears in lessons
打听 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 打听 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
快赶到那边去打听，快走！
kuài gǎn dào nà biān qù dǎ tīng kuài zǒu
Nip over there and ask. Hurry!
我想向你打听点他的事。
wǒ xiǎng xiàng nǐ dǎ tīng diǎn tā de shì
I want to ask you about him.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 打听 — tap one to open its word page.
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