Did any cute girls talk to you at the bar?
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
搭讪
to hit on someone
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to hit on someone
02
to strike up a conversation
03
to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 搭讪 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 搭讪 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
English people rarely talk to strangers in the train.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 搭讪.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 搭讪.
Directly before
- 陌生人搭讪1
- 你搭讪1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 搭讪
What does 搭讪 mean in Chinese?
搭讪 (dāshàn) means to hit on someone.
How do you pronounce 搭讪?
搭讪 is pronounced dāshàn.
Is 搭讪 an HSK word?
搭讪 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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