How about going for a drive?
兜风
to catch the wind
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Meaning and common use
to catch the wind
to go for a spin in the fresh air
How 兜风 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 兜风 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He took her out for a drive.
He often takes me for a drive.
Words that keep company with 兜风.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 兜风.
Directly before
- 开车兜风1
- 出去兜风1
- 去兜风1
Directly after
- 兜风怎样1
- 兜风了1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 兜风
What does 兜风 mean in Chinese?
兜风 (dōufēng) means to catch the wind.
How do you pronounce 兜风?
兜风 is pronounced dōufēng.
Is 兜风 an HSK word?
兜风 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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