Chinese symbol for “mash”
捣烂
dǎo làn
Traditional: 搗爛
to mash; to beat to a pulp
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mash is 捣烂 (dǎo làn), defined as: to mash; to beat to a pulp.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mash”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 捣烂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捣乱 (搗亂) | dǎo luàn | to disturb; to look for trouble |
| 捣毁 (搗毀) | dǎo huǐ | to destroy; to smash |
| 捣蛋 (搗蛋) | dǎo dàn | to cause trouble; to stir up trouble |
| 捣鬼 (搗鬼) | dǎo guǐ | to play tricks; to cause mischief |
| 捣碎 (搗碎) | dǎo suì | to pound into pieces; to mash |
| 鼓捣 (鼓搗) | gǔ dao | to tinker with; to incite |
| 灿烂 (燦爛) | càn làn | to glitter; brilliant |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot; to putrefy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mash”.
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.