打更

Traditional form:

打更

Pinyin (reading):

dǎgēng

Definitions:

• to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)

Characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify

Traditional characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify