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打喷嚏

dǎ pēn tì

HSK 5 3-character word Traditional 打噴嚏

What 打喷嚏 means

1. to sneeze

The characters in 打喷嚏

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
• 嚏tìsneeze

Example sentences

• 我打喷嚏了。
  Wǒ dǎpēntì le.
  I am sneezing.
• 我止不住打喷嚏。
  I can't stop sneezing.
• 为什么你们在打喷嚏？
  Wèishénme nǐmen zài dǎpēntì?
  Why are you sneezing?
• 我想我要打喷嚏了。。。给我张纸巾。
  Wǒ xiǎng wǒ yào dǎpēntì le... gěi wǒ zhāng zhǐjīn.
  I think I'm gonna sneeze. Give me a tissue.
• 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.
• 我见过我家的狗打喷嚏，但是从来没见过我家的猫打喷嚏。
  I've seen our dog sneeze, but not our cat.