| 打呵欠 |
dǎ hē qiàn |
to yawn |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since |
| 呵 |
ā |
variant of 啊 |
| 呵 |
hē |
(bound form) to scold / to expel breath / (onom.) laughter (usu. reduplicated) / interjection of surprise |
| 呵欠 |
hē qiàn |
yawn |
| 欠 |
qiàn |
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body) |