Yawn in Chinese (Mandarin): 打哈欠 (dǎhāqian)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 打哈欠

• 打

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

  5 strokes

• 哈

  Ha, a breath out. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

  9 strokes

• 欠

  A yawn; also to owe. It began as a drawing of a person with an open mouth.

  4 strokes

Say 欠 short and light: hā-qian. A yawn often means you are sleepy: 困了 (kùn le).

More examples with 打哈欠

• 我困了，打哈欠。

  Wǒ kùn le, dǎ hāqian.

  I'm sleepy, so I yawn.

• 小狗打了个哈欠。

  小狗打了個哈欠。

  Xiǎo gǒu dǎ le gè hāqian.

  The puppy yawned.

How to write 打哈欠 in Chinese

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