打
dǎ
prepositionHSK 5
Meaning
- (loanword) dozen
- a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")
- to hit; to strike
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- to fight
- (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
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