Writing
打扮 (dǎ ban) — how to say "to dress up" in Chinese
打扮
To dress up
verb
Character composition
打
to hit, to do
扮
to play a role, to dress up
Radicals / Keys
手
Hand
#64 · shǒu · 4 strokes
Collocations
打扮自己
dǎban zìjǐ
dress oneself up
打扮得漂亮
dǎban de piàoliang
dress up beautifully
喜欢打扮
xǐhuān dǎban
like to dress up
Examples
为了参加晚上的表演，她花了两个小时打扮自己。
To participate in the evening performance, she spent two hours dressing up.
她喜欢打扮。
She likes to dress up.
Frequently asked questions
How to say dress up in Chinese?
"to dress up" in Chinese is 打扮 (dǎ ban).
打扮 meaning in English
打扮 (dǎ ban) means "To dress up".
How is 打扮 pronounced?
It is pronounced dǎ ban (written as da ban, daban). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "to dress up" in Chinese characters?
It is written 打扮: 打 has 5 strokes, 扮 has 7 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 打扮?
打扮 belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary list.
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