打更 dǎgēng to sound the night watches Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 打更 dǎ//gēng to sound the night watches (traditional) to sound the night watches by hitting a gong or wooden clappers, formerly used to tell the time at night patrol at night to keep watch or go on night patrol; to act as a night watchman Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.269 per million Cross-References Synonym 击柝 jītuò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
打更 dǎ//gēng to sound the night watches (traditional) to sound the night watches by hitting a gong or wooden clappers, formerly used to tell the time at night patrol at night to keep watch or go on night patrol; to act as a night watchman Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.269 per million Cross-References Synonym 击柝 jītuò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
