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搭讪

dā shàn

2-character word Traditional 搭訕

What 搭讪 means

1. to hit on someone
2. to strike up a conversation
3. to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation

The characters in 搭讪

• 搭dāto put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole)
• 讪shànto mock; to ridicule; to slander

Example sentences

• 在酒吧有没有美女找你搭讪？
  Zài jiǔbā yǒuméiyǒu měinǚ zhǎo nǐ dāshàn?
  Did any cute girls talk to you at the bar?
• 英国人很少在火车上和陌生人搭讪。
  Yīngguórén hěn shǎo zài huǒchē shàng hé mòshēngrén dāshàn.
  Englishmen rarely talk to strangers in the train.

Sounds the same

Read dā shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 答讪variant of 搭讪
• 搭赸variant of 搭讪