Chinese symbol for “limerick”
打油诗
dǎ yóu shī
Traditional: 打油詩
humorous poem; limerick
The closest CC-CEDICT match for limerick is 打油诗 (dǎ yóu shī), defined as: humorous poem; limerick.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打油诗.
| 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 |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas |
| 诗人 (詩人) | shī rén | bard; poet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “limerick”.
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.