打听

打聽
dǎtīng

to inquire about; to ask about

Wiktionary

Homographs

打听 dǎting
  1. to ask about
  2. to make some inquiries
  3. to ask around

Examples

快赶到那边去打听，快走！

Nip over there and ask. Hurry!

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆向玛丽打听有关约翰的事。

Tom asked Mary about John.

Source: Tatoeba

我要去柜台打听这裡附近有没有餐厅。

I am going to enquire at the service desk if there are any restaurants around here.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 打 dá
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr. dǎ
=1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
=2 听 yǐn smile (archaic)
=2 听 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)

Containing this entry

包打听 bāodǎtīng