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

• 打算盘(打算盤) to use an abacus; to calculate
• 打瓜 a smaller variety of watermelon
• 打冷战(打冷戰) to shiver; to shudder
• 跌打损伤(跌打損傷) injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
• 打伞(打傘) to hold up an umbrella
• 打杈 to prune (branches)
• 打中 to hit (a target)
• 雷公打豆腐 the God of Thunder strikes bean curd; to bully the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
• 打拼 to work hard; to try to make a living ; to use all one's strength
• 打铁趁热(打鐵趁熱) to strike iron it must be hot
• 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺(雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺) the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
• 打破 to break; to smash
• 打击报复(打擊報復) to retaliate
• 打镲(打鑔) to joke; to make fun of
• 苏打饼干(蘇打餅乾) soda biscuit; cracker
• 打高尔夫(打高爾夫) to play golf
• 打哈哈儿(打哈哈兒) to joke
• 打谷(打穀) to thresh
• 打杂(打雜) to do odd jobs; to do unskilled work
• 苏打水(蘇打水) soda water
• 敢打敢冲(敢打敢衝) courageous and daring
• 主打品牌 premium brand; flagship product
• 梳打水 soda water
• 打哆嗦 to tremble; to shiver (of cold); to shudder
• 打埋伏 to lie in wait; to ambush; to conceal
• 拷打 to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give somebody the third degree; to torture
• 老鼠过街，人人喊打(老鼠過街，人人喊打) when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down; everyone detests a lowlife
• 打酒 to buy liquor
• 打分 to grade; to give a mark
• 打滑 to skid; to slip; to slide
• 摔打 to knock; to grasp something in the hand and beat it; to toughen oneself up
• 打电话(打電話) to make a telephone call
• 打死 to kill; to beat to death
• 打哄 to fool around; to kid around
• 打桩(打樁) to drive piles into
• 打不破 cannot break
• 没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 严厉打击(嚴厲打擊) to strike a severe blow; to crack down; to take strong measures
• 打折扣 to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated
• 牺牲打(犧牲打) sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
• 打拱 to bow with clasped hands
• 半打 half a dozen
• 打击乐器(打擊樂器) a percussion instrument ; percussion instrument
• 打群架 to brawl
• 满打满算(滿打滿算) taking everything into account; when all is said and done
• 打伤(打傷) to injure; to wound; to damage
• 点阵式打印机(點陣式打印機) dot matrix printer
• 打盹儿(打盹兒) to skid
• 打道回府 to go home (in a ceremonial procession); to return home
• 打喷嚏(打噴嚏) to sneeze

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打爆

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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
• 打蔟 (打蔟) 因十五日夜打蔟 — History of the Northern Dynasties 北史, 卷六　　齊本紀上第六:　高祖神武帝 世宗文襄帝 Volume 6 Northern Qi Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Shenwu, Emperor Shizong Wenxiang — 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
• 上马打 (上馬打) 馬軍上馬打圍教場 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 — count: 2
• 道打 (道打) 旁道打騰騰 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements — count: 2