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打哈欠

dǎ hā qian

3-character word

What 打哈欠 means

1. to yawn

The characters in 打哈欠

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 哈hā(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
• 欠qiànto owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in

Example sentences

• 汤姆打哈欠了。
  Tom yawned.
• 我们缺氧时就会打哈欠。
  We yawn when we are short of oxygen.
• 你咳嗽、打喷嚏或打哈欠的时候要捂住你的嘴。
  Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.