dǎ yìn
我需要打印一份文件。
wǒ xūyào dǎyìn yī fèn wénjiàn.
I need to print a document.
请把这张纸打印出来。
qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng zhǐ dǎyìn chūlái.
Please print out this paper.
打印机坏了，我不能打印。
dǎyìnjī huàile, wǒ bùnéng dǎyìn.
The printer is broken, I can't print.
列印 (lièyìn)
输出 (shūchū)
output
手写 (shǒuxiě)
handwritten
抄写 (chāoxiě)
copy
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The Chinese word 打印 (dǎyìn) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 打 (dǎ) and 印 (yìn). The character 打 (dǎ) originally meant "to strike" or "to hit", but in modern Chinese, it is often used in the sense of "to type" or "to print". The character 印 (yìn) originally meant "a seal" or "a stamp", but in modern Chinese, it is often used in the sense of "to print" or "to copy". The combination of these two characters, 打印 (dǎyìn), therefore, literally means "to strike a print" or "to make a copy", which is the meaning of the word "to print" in English.
