打更 dǎ gēng

sound the night watch; patrol at night

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 81521st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)

Characters

Character Meaning
打 dǎ HSK 1
to hit; to strike; to beat
更 gēng HSK 3
more; even more; still