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Chinese symbol for “quip”

打诨
dǎ hùn
Traditional: 打諢
to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance); (fig.) to quip; to banter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for quip is 打诨 (dǎ hùn), defined as: to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance); (fig.) to quip; to banter.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
诨 hùn
joke, jest; nickname; obscene joke
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打诨.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
插科打诨 (插科打諢)chā kē dǎ hùnto include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest; buffoonery
诨名 (諢名)hùn mínghumorous or mocking nickname

See also: Japanese symbol for “quip”.

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.

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