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How do you say "whack-a-mouse" in Chinese?
打地鼠
dǎ dì shǔ
In Chinese, "whack-a-mouse" is 打地鼠.
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Pronunciation
DA DI SHU. Da has falling tone, di has flat tone, shu has rising tone. Drop, level, rise.
Writing and usage
Three characters: 打 (da) has 5 strokes meaning to hit or strike, 地 (di) has 6 strokes meaning ground or earth, 鼠 (shu) has 13 strokes meaning mouse or rat.
Example sentence
小孩在玩打地鼠游戏。
The child is playing whack-a-mouse.
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How to remember 打地鼠
Hit ground mouse. The game literally involves hitting mice that pop out of holes in the ground.
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Questions about 打地鼠
How do you say "whack-a-mouse" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "whack-a-mouse" is 打地鼠. It is a noun.
How is 打地鼠 written in Chinese?
Three characters: 打 (da) has 5 strokes meaning to hit or strike, 地 (di) has 6 strokes meaning ground or earth, 鼠 (shu) has 13 strokes meaning mouse or rat.
How is 打地鼠 used in a sentence?
Use 打地鼠 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 小孩在玩打地鼠游戏。 (The child is playing whack-a-mouse.).
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"Whack-a-mouse" in other languages
- Japanese もぐら叩き (moguratataki)
- Korean 두더지 잡기 (dudeoji jabgi)
- Spanish dale-al-topo
- Spanish (Latin America) golpea al raton
- French le tape-taupe
- German Schlag-den-Maulwurf
- Italian lo schiaccia il topo
- Russian Прибить крота (pribitʹ krota)
- Greek χτύπα το ποντίκι (xtipa to pontiki)
- Arabic لعبة واك اه ماوس (luebat wak ah mawis)
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