打 dǎ

1. dǎ verb to strike; to hit; to beat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 击 or 敲击 (Guoyu '打' v 1; Unihan '打')
2. dá measure word dozen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '打' dá n 1)
3. dǎ verb to dispel; to eliminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 消除 or 除去 (Guoyu '打' v 3)
4. dǎ verb to inject into
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 注入 or 刺入; for example, 打针 'give an injection' (Guoyu '打' v 5)
5. dǎ verb to issue; to send
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 发出 or 放出; for example, 打信號 'send a signal' (Guoyu '打' v 4)
6. dǎ verb to play a sport; to do an activity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '打' v 18)
7. dǎ verb to fight; to attack
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 攻击 or 战斗; as in 打斗 (Guoyu '打' v 2; Unihan '打')
8. dǎ verb to open; to switch on
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '打' v 12)
9. dǎ verb to buy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 购买 (Guoyu '打' v 9)
10. dǎ verb to print; to type
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Guoyu '打' v 13)
11. dǎ verb to bundle together; to collect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 取 or 收 (Guoyu '打' v 8)
12. dǎ verb to dig; to drill
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 凿 (Guoyu '打' v 11)
13. dǎ verb to lift; to hold
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 举 or 持 (Guoyu '打' v 6)
14. dǎ verb to operate [a car or boat]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '打' v 10)
15. dǎ verb to plan; to decide
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 打主意 (Guoyu '打' v 15)
16. dǎ verb to paint
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '打' v 14)
17. dǎ verb to use
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 使用 (Guoyu '打' v 16)
18. dǎ verb to do
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 做 (Guoyu '打' v 6)
19. dǎ verb to greet; to interact with
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 与人交往 (Guoyu '打' v 19)
20. dǎ noun martial arts
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 武术 (Guoyu '打' n 1)
21. dǎ proper noun Da
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '打' n 2)

Contained in

• 打哑谜(打啞謎) to talk in riddles
• 精打细算(精打細算) meticulous planning and careful accounting
• 打对台(打對台) to compete; to rival
• 盲打 to touch-type
• 打哈哈儿(打哈哈兒) to joke
• 再见全垒打(再見全壘打) walk-off home run
• 穿着打扮(穿著打扮) style of dress; one's appearance
• 打马虎眼(打馬虎眼) to play dumb; to slack off
• 沉重打击(沉重打擊) to hit hard
• 打春 Start of Spring
• 打算盘(打算盤) to use an abacus; to calculate
• 打冷战(打冷戰) to shiver; to shudder
• 打盹 to doze off
• 打蜡(打蠟) to wax (a car, floor etc)
• 一网打尽(一網打盡) to catch everything in one net; to solve the problem at one fell swoop
• 打杂(打雜) to do odd jobs; to do unskilled work
• 打酱油(打醬油) to buy soy sauce; it's none of my business (I’m just here to buy some soy sauce)
• 打官腔 to use official jargon
• 竹篮打水，一场空(竹籃打水，一場空) using a wicker basket to draw water; wasted effort
• 打翻身仗 to work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse sth
• 打谷场(打穀場) threshing floor
• 打车(打車) to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
• 打层次(打層次) to get one's hair layered
• 打保票 to vouch for; to guarantee
• 打砸 to smash up; to vandalize
• 打草惊蛇(打草驚蛇) beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
• 打手枪(打手槍) to masturbate
• 打高尔夫球(打高爾夫球) to play golf
• 扑打(撲打) to swat; (of wings) to flap
• 搥打 to hammer
• 打响名号(打響名號) to become well-known
• 打棚 to joke
• 打鼾 to snore
• 打算 to plan; to figure; to intend ; plan; intention; calculation
• 打枷 to punish a prisoner by putting in cangues
• 打小算盘(打小算盤) to count on a narrow abacus; petty and scheming selfishly; concerned with petty interests; selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
• 打坐坡 (of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward; (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward
• 打扰(打擾) to disturb ; may I trouble you?; used to ask for help politely
• 打工仔 young worker; employee; young male worker
• 打跑 to run off rebuffed; to fend off; (to fight off and make sb) run off
• 厮打(廝打) to fight together; to come to blows
• 无精打彩(無精打彩) dull and colorless; lacking vitality; not lively
• 打响鼻儿(打響鼻兒) (of a horse etc) to snort
• 打趔趄 to trip; to miss a step; to slip
• 打击军事力量(打擊軍事力量) counterforce
• 打趸儿(打躉兒) to buy wholesale
• 打铁趁热(打鐵趁熱) to strike iron it must be hot
• 打火机(打火機) a lighter; a cigarette lighter
• 打假 to fight counterfeiting; to expose as false; to denounce somebody's lies
• 打场(打場) to thresh grain (on the floor)

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打狗

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Truncated for common words

• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 40
• 卷一百〇一　志第四十九:　兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 37
• 卷八十九　志第三十九: 　百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 36
• 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 33
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 32
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 31
• 第五回 Chapter 5 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 28
• 第五十八回 Chapter 58 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 27
• 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 26
• 第七十回 Chapter 70 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 25

Collocations

• 打麦 (打麥) 打麥打麥三三三 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements — count: 7
• 打围 (打圍) 以打圍食肉為樂 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一百三十七 外國列傳一: 契丹 Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1 - Khitan — count: 7
• 打钟 (打鐘) 道人聞之夜打鐘 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷十四　補列傳第六　 廣平公盛 陽州公永樂 弟長弼 襄樂王顯國 上洛王思宗 子元海 弟思好 平秦王歸彥 武興王普 長樂太守靈山 嗣子伏護 Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu — count: 6
• 麦打 (麥打) 打麥打麥三三三 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements — count: 4
• 打五 (打五) 紞如打五鼓 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十 列傳第六十 良吏 Volume 90 Biographies 60: Good Officials — count: 4
• 打人 (打人) 坐門生杜德靈放橫打人 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十一 列傳第十一 宗室 Volume 51 Biographies 11: Zong shi — count: 4
• 打椹 (打椹) 上桑打椹為苟作 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 2
• 儿打 (兒打) 各捉其兒打之 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷11 列傳第3 晉蕩公護 叱羅協 馮遷 Volume 11 Biographies 3: Duke Hu of Jindang; Chi Luoxie; Feng Qian — count: 2
• 打牧 (打牧) 打牧祗應 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 — count: 2
• 打贺 (打賀) 我在北打賀拔勝 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing — count: 2