敲打

qiāodǎ
  1. to beat sb
  2. to beat (a drum)

CEDICT

  1. to beat; to knock
  2. to pressure and supervise someone
  3. to say something to criticise or irritate someone

Wiktionary

  1. 擊、叩。
  2. 敲鑼打鼓。
  3. 用言語刺激。

重編國語辭典

Examples

雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。

The rain beats against the window pane.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 敲 qiāo
  1. to hit
  2. to strike
  3. to tap
  4. to rap
  5. to knock
  6. to rip sb off
  7. to overcharge
2 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. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")

Containing this entry

敲打鑼鼓 qiāodǎluógǔ
  1. lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb
  2. a provocation
敲敲打打 qiāoqiāodǎdǎ
  1. to make a continual banging sound
  2. (fig.) to provoke with words

Related entries

拷 kǎo
  1. to beat
  2. to flog
  3. to examine under torture
  4. (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝 kǎobèi)
搷 chēn
  1. to beat
  2. to winnow
擊打 jīdǎ
  1. to beat
  2. to lash
擽 lüè
  1. (old) to beat
  2. to pound
攂 léi to beat (old variant of 擂 léi)
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