Chinese word

打搅

Pronunciation

Pinyindǎ jiǎo

Meaning

  • verbbother

Example

不好意思打搅你一下，可以问个问题吗？bù hǎo yì si dá jiǎo nǐ yí xià ké yǐ wèn gè wèn tí ma

Sorry to bother you for a moment; can I ask a question?

Illustration for 打搅 (bother)

More examples

上课时不要打搅同学。shàng kè shí bú yào dá jiǎo tóng xué

Don't bother your classmates during class.

Core concept

A brief intrusion into another person's attention or ongoing activity, whether or not it causes serious trouble.

Common phrases

  • 不好意思打搅您一下bù hǎo yì si dá jiǎo nín yí xià

    sorry to bother you for a moment

  • 别打搅正在工作的人bié dá jiǎo zhèng zài gōng zuò de rén

    don't bother people who are working

  • 不要随便打搅别人bú yào suí biàn dá jiǎo bié rén

    don't bother other people without reason

Similar words

打扰dá rǎo: Bothering someone by creating inconvenience or making them feel troubled.
打断dǎ duàn: Stopping someone's speech or action in the middle of it.
干扰gān rǎo: Interfering with an activity's normal progress or making it harder to focus.
骚扰sāo rǎo: Persistently bothering someone against their wishes and causing discomfort.

Definition in Chinese

通过言语或举动短暂介入他人正在做的事，使其暂停或感到被打扰，常用于请求短时间占用对方注意。tōng guò yán yǔ huò jǔ dòng duǎn zàn jiè rù tā rén zhèng zài zuò de shì shǐ qí zàn tíng huò gǎn dào bèi dá rǎo cháng yòng yú qǐng qiú duǎn shí jiān zhàn yòng duì fāng zhù yì

Word origin

The compound 打搅 (dǎjiǎo, "disturb") joins 打 (dǎ, "strike") with 搅 (jiǎo, "stir or disturb") to picture an action stirring into someone else's affairs.

Usage tips

  • English speakers may hear this verb as a complaint, but ordinary Chinese conversation also uses it in polite openings before asking for time or help.

Other meanings

  • inconvenienceverb
  • interruptverb

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