打招呼

dǎ zhāo hu

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Uncommon

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Definitions

1. to greet sb by word or action
2. to give prior notice

Word relationships

Antonyms

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to leave; to part from

to say goodbye, opposite of greeting

Related words

2 items

to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards

more formal expression of paying respects or giving regards

to call out to

the noun 'greeting', often paired with 打

Synonyms

1 item

to give one's respects

as a synonym for 'to greet' in the sense of expressing goodwill

Usage notes

Collocations

Common collocation: 跟/和...打招呼 (gēn/hé... dǎ zhāohu) means 'to say hello to someone'. E.g., 跟他打招呼 (gēn tā dǎ zhāohu) 'greet him'.

Common mistakes

Don't confuse 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohu) with 招呼 (zhāohu) alone; 打招呼 is the full verb-object phrase meaning 'to greet', while 招呼 can be used as a noun or in other verb-object combinations like 打招呼.

Example Sentences

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我每天跟邻居打招呼。

I greet my neighbor every day.

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Child Words of 打招呼

dozen (loanword)

to beat

to recruit

to call out to

to call