打

Character

打 dǎ · dá

HSK 1Character2 readings

to hit; to strike

Radical: 扌
Strokes: 5
Structure: Left–right
Parts: 扌丁
Traditional: 打
Frequency: #178 most common character

Practice writing

Readings and meanings

dǎMain reading dáReading 2 · HSK 4

dǎ

da3Main readingHSK 1

to hit; to strike CC-CEDICT
to fight CC-CEDICT
(in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 (dǎ sǎn) "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 (dǎ diàn huà) "to make a phone call", 打针 (dǎ zhēn) "to get an injection" CC-CEDICT
(coll.) from; since CC-CEDICT

Words that use “打” as dǎ

打开dǎ kāito open somethingWordHSK 1 打球dǎ qiúto play a ball game or sport, like basketball or ping pongWordHSK 1 打车dǎ chēto take a taxiWordHSK 1 打电话dǎ diàn huàto call someone on the phoneWordHSK 1 打印dǎ yìnto printWordHSK 2 打工dǎ gōngto do a part-time or temporary job, often while studyingWordHSK 2 打算dǎ suànto plan to do somethingWordHSK 2 打听dǎ tingto find out something by asking peopleWordHSK 3

dá

da2Reading 2HSK 4

HSK 4 is the level of this reading in the official HSK 3.0 word list; other readings of 打 can sit at a different level.

a dozen; twelve of the same thing counted as one group

Examples

我买了一打鸡蛋。
wǒ mǎi le yī dá jī dàn
I bought a dozen eggs.
AI-generated sentence
一打苹果十二块。
yī dá píng guǒ shí èr kuài
A dozen apples is twelve yuan.
AI-generated sentence

Words that use “打” as dá

一打yī dádozenWord 半打bàn dáhalf a dozenWord 苏打sū dá(loanword) sodaWord 西打xī dáciderWord 小苏打xiǎo sū dábaking sodaWord 苏打水sū dá shuǐsoda waterWord 苏打粉sū dá fěnbaking sodaWord 苏打饼干sū dá bǐng gānsoda biscuitWord

Stroke order

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Same radical 扌

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把bǎ 拉lā 接jiē 提tí 报bào 指zhǐ 持chí 舉jǔ 才cái 找zhǎo 据jù 據jù

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