打扮 (dǎban) · to dress up

打扮 (dǎban) means “to dress up; to make up”. It is written with 2 characters: 打 (to play (ball)) + 扮 (costume). It is an old HSK 4 word (HSK 2.0).

How 打扮 is built

What 打 is made of

扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
丁dīng — male adult

Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

What 扮 is made of

扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
分fēn — to divide
- 八bā — eight
- 刀dāo — knife
  - 丿 — falling stroke

她每天早上都要打扮一下。Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu yào dǎban yīxià.She does herself up every morning.

你打扮得这么漂亮去哪儿？Nǐ dǎban de zhème piàoliang qù nǎr?Where are you going all dressed up?

What does 打扮 mean?

打扮 (dǎban) means “to dress up; to make up”.

How do you pronounce 打扮?

打扮 is pronounced dǎban.

Which HSK level is 打扮?

打扮 is in Old HSK 4.

Learn 打扮 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 7: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.