dā shàn

Traditional: 搭訕

搭讪 (dā shàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to hit on someone; to strike up a conversation; to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation”.

Meanings

  1. 1to hit on someone
  2. 2to strike up a conversation
  3. 3to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation

Characters in 搭讪

搭dā · to put up讪shàn · to mock

Related words

搭档to cooperate搭to put up搭配to pair up勾搭to gang up搭乘to ride as a passenger搭理variant of 答理[da1 li5]搭话to talk搭建to build (esp. with simple materials)搭救to rescue搭载(of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload)白搭no use搭车to ride (in a vehicle)

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