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打扫

dǎ sǎo

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 打掃

打扫 (dǎ sǎo) means "to clean". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 打扫 means

1. to clean
2. to sweep

The characters in 打扫

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…

Example sentences

• 打扫房间。
  Clean the room.
• 今晚谁要打扫？
  Who's going to clean up tonight?
• 请帮我打扫房子。
  Please help me clean the house.
• 我不用打扫房间。
  I don't have to clean my room.
• 我刚打扫过这个。
  I just cleaned this.
• 我该打扫房间吗 ?
  Must I clean the room?

Words starting with 打扫

• 打扫卫生dǎ sǎo wèi shēngto do the cleaning; to clean up

Where 打扫 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Daily Actions & Household Chores (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǎ sǎo correctly.
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