打发 dǎfa HSK6 to pass the time Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 打发 打發 dǎfa to pass the time verb To pass or while away time; to spend time doing something to avoid boredom. 游戏帮助人们打发时间。 yóuxì bāngzhù rénmen dǎfa shíjiān. Games help people pass the time. to dispatch verb To send someone on an errand; to dispatch someone to do something. 她把儿子打发到学校，然后自己出去了。 tā bǎ érzi dǎfa dào xuéxiào, ránhòu zìjǐ chū qu le. She packed her son off to school and then went out herself. to send away verb To make someone leave; to get rid of someone politely or send them packing; to dismiss or fire an employee. 我把人都打发走了。 wǒ bǎ rén dōu dǎfa zǒu le. I sent everyone away. to attend to To take care of or look after someone; to make arrangements for someone's needs or comfort. to bestow (literary) To give or pay out money; to bestow alms or tips. to serve (literary) To wait on or serve someone; to attend to a person's needs. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 8.47 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 5.49 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 6 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
打发 打發 dǎfa to pass the time verb To pass or while away time; to spend time doing something to avoid boredom. 游戏帮助人们打发时间。 yóuxì bāngzhù rénmen dǎfa shíjiān. Games help people pass the time. to dispatch verb To send someone on an errand; to dispatch someone to do something. 她把儿子打发到学校，然后自己出去了。 tā bǎ érzi dǎfa dào xuéxiào, ránhòu zìjǐ chū qu le. She packed her son off to school and then went out herself. to send away verb To make someone leave; to get rid of someone politely or send them packing; to dismiss or fire an employee. 我把人都打发走了。 wǒ bǎ rén dōu dǎfa zǒu le. I sent everyone away. to attend to To take care of or look after someone; to make arrangements for someone's needs or comfort. to bestow (literary) To give or pay out money; to bestow alms or tips. to serve (literary) To wait on or serve someone; to attend to a person's needs. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 8.47 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 5.49 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 6 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
