Sneeze in Chinese (Mandarin): 打喷嚏 (dǎpēntì)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 打喷嚏

• 打

  To hit; in many words it just means to do something. 扌 (hand) is on the left.

  5 strokes

• 喷 / 噴

  To spray, to puff out. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

  12 strokes

• 嚏

  A sneeze. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

  17 strokes

喷嚏 is a sneeze, so 打喷嚏 is to do a sneeze. Cover your mouth when you sneeze: 捂住嘴 (wǔ zhù zuǐ).

More examples with 打喷嚏

• 我打了一个喷嚏。

  我打了一個噴嚏。

  Wǒ dǎ le yí gè pēntì.

  I sneezed.

• 小猫打喷嚏了。

  小貓打噴嚏了。

  Xiǎo māo dǎ pēntì le.

  The kitten sneezed.

How to write 打喷嚏 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: