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打
dǎ
1. to beat
2. to strike
3. to hit
4. to break
5. to type
6. to mix up
7. to build
8. to fight
9. to fetch
10. to make
11. to tie up
12. to issue
13. to shoot
14. to calculate
15. to play (a game)
16. since
17. from
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

打
dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
HSK 1 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

一打
yīdá
dozen
半打
bàndá
half a dozen
吉打
Jídǎ
Kedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star [[亞羅士打|亚罗士打<Yàluóshìdǎ>]]
吊打
diàodǎ
to hang sb up and beat him
单打
dāndǎ
singles (in sports)
严打
yándǎ
to crack down on
安打
āndǎ
base hit (baseball)
对打
duìdǎ
to spar
厮打
sīdǎ
to fight together
强打
qiángdǎ
promotion (for a product)
打旋
dǎxuán
to revolve
手打
shǒudǎ
hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), abbr. for [[手打字機|手打字机]]
打下
dǎxià
to lay (a foundation)
打中
dǎzhòng
to hit (a target)
打仗
dǎzhàng
to fight a battle
HSK 6
打住
dǎzhù
to stop
打倒
dǎdǎo
to overthrow
打假
dǎjiǎ
to fight counterfeiting
打伞
dǎsǎn
to hold up an umbrella
打伤
dǎshāng
to injure

Example Sentences (8)

你在忙什么呢？刚才打你的手机你也不接。
Nǐ zài máng shénme ne? Gāngcái dǎ nǐ de shǒujī nǐ yě bù jiē.
What are you doing? I just called your cell phone and you didn't answer.
Text 2
服务员，我房间的门打不开了。
fúwùyuán,wǒ fángjiān de mén dǎ bù kāi le.
Excuse me, the door to my room won't open.
Text 3
回来再打吧。赵大卫有什么事情吗？
huí lái zài dǎ ba. zhào dà wèi yǒu shén me shì qíng ma?
Call again when he comes back. Is there something about Zhao Dawei?
Text 2
好，钱下午打给你。你打算在哪儿买房？
Hǎo, qián xiàwǔ dǎ gěi nǐ. Nǐ dǎsuàn zài nǎr mǎi fáng?
Okay, I'll transfer the money to you this afternoon. Where do you plan to buy a house?
Text 1
太好了！记得给大山打个电话，让他马上过来。
Tài hǎo le! Jì de gěi Dà shān dǎ gè diàn huà, ràng tā mǎ shàng guò lái.
Great! Remember to call Dashan and have him come over right away.
Text 3
回来就让他给我打个电话。
Huí lái jiù ràng tā gěi wǒ dǎ gè diànhuà.
Have him call me when he gets back.
Text 2
不用打了，你听外边的声音，一定是大山。
Bù yòng dǎ le, nǐ tīng wàibiān de shēngyīn, yídìng shì Dàshān.
Stop knocking. Listen to the sound outside; it must be Dashan.
Text 3
我一会儿就给她打个电话。
Wǒ yíhuìr jiù gěi tā dǎ gè diànhuà.
I'll call her in a moment.
Text 3

Alternate Entries

打
dá
dozen (loanword)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
222
Word Frequency Rank
98 of 84,292