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打
Character
to hit; to strike
Readings and meanings
- 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
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.
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Stroke order
All 5 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 打
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