Chinese word

打鼾

Pronunciation

Pinyindǎ hān

Meaning

  • verbsnore

Example

他晚上总是打鼾。tā wǎn shàng zǒng shì dǎ hān

He always snores at night.

Illustration for 打鼾 (snore)

More examples

他一睡下就打鼾,把室友吵醒了。tā yí shuì xià jiù dǎ hān bǎ shì yǒu cháo xǐng le

As soon as he lay down, he started snoring and woke his roommate.

Core concept

The sound made when relaxed tissues in a sleeping airway vibrate as air passes through.

Common phrases

  • 睡觉时打鼾shuì jiào shí dǎ hān

    snore in one's sleep

  • 大声打鼾dà shēng dǎ hān

    snore loudly

  • 开始打鼾kāi shǐ dǎ hān

    start snoring

Similar words

打呼噜dǎ hū lū: To sleep while making repeated, loud snoring noises.
呼噜hū lū: To make a low, rumbling snore while asleep.

Definition in Chinese

在睡眠时发出因呼吸道振动产生的响声;也可作名词,指这种响声。zài shuì mián shí fā chū yīn hū xī dào zhèn dòng chǎn shēng de xiǎng shēng yě kě zuò míng cí zhǐ zhè zhǒng xiǎng shēng

Word origin

打 (dǎ, "make or do") turns 鼾 (hān, "snoring") into the action of producing a snore.

Usage tips

  • Chinese can use 打鼾 (dǎhān, "snoring") as the name of the sound as well as the action, so context shows whether the sentence focuses on the noise or its production.

Other meanings

  • snoringnoun

Related words

  • 打鼾声dǎ hān shēngsnoringnoun

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