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Chinese symbol for “sneeze”

打喷嚏
dǎ pēn tì
Traditional: 打噴嚏
to sneeze

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sneeze is 打喷嚏 (dǎ pēn tì), defined as: to sneeze.

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
喷 pēn
to blow, to puff, to spray, to spurt
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes
嚏 tì
to sneeze
radical 30 ⼝ · 17 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sneeze”

WordPinyinMeaning
喷嚏 (噴嚏)pēn tìsneeze
嚏tìsneeze
嚏喷 (嚏噴)tì pensneeze
打嚏喷 (打嚏噴)dǎ tì pento sneeze

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打喷嚏.

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
喷射 (噴射)pēn shèto spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet
喷发 (噴發)pēn fāto erupt; an eruption
喷嚏 (噴嚏)pēn tìsneeze

See also: Japanese symbol for “sneeze”.

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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