Chinese symbol for “inflate”
打气
dǎ qì
Traditional: 打氣
to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inflate is 打气 (dǎ qì), defined as: to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inflate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 充气 (充氣) | chōng qì | to pump air (into sth); to inflate |
| 膨胀 (膨脹) | péng zhàng | to expand; to inflate |
| 膨大 | péng dà | to swell; to inflate |
| 鼓气 (鼓氣) | gǔ qì | to puff up; to swell up |
| 吹胀 (吹脹) | chuī zhàng | to blow up; to inflate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inflate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.