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

• 打棚 to joke
• 痛打 to beat somebody soundly
• 打眼色 to give someone a look
• 打口 surplus (or cut-out) stock from Western countries
• 兰姆打(蘭姆打) lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
• 竹篮打水(竹籃打水) using a wicker basket to draw water; wasted effort
• 打长工(打長工) to work as long-term hired hand
• 敲打 to strike; to hammer; to beat
• 趁火打劫 to loot a burning house; to profit from somebody's misfortune
• 满打满算(滿打滿算) taking everything into account; when all is said and done
• 打算盘(打算盤) to use an abacus; to calculate
• 打狗欺主 to beat a dog and bully its owner; to humiliate somebody indirectly by bullying a subordinate
• 打断(打斷) to cut somebody off; to interupt ; to pass judgement ; to exhaust; to finish
• 打屁股 to spank someone's bottom
• 打洞 to punch a hole; to drill a hole; to dig a hole; to burrow
• 打招呼 to greet
• 打枷 to punish a prisoner by putting in cangues
• 打工 to work in a temporary or part time job
• 无精打采(無精打采) dispirited and downcast; listless; in low spirits; washed out
• 雷打不动(雷打不動) not shaken by thunder; the arrangements are unalterable; to adhere rigidly to regulations
• 打倒 to knock down ; to overthrow; to defeat
• 打呵欠 to yawn
• 打盹儿(打盹兒) to skid
• 打井 to dig a well
• 打不破 cannot break
• 插科打诨(插科打諢) to include impromptu comic material in opera performance; to jest; buffoonery
• 包打天下 to run everything; to monopolize the whole business; not allow anyone else to have a look in
• 打水漂 to skip stones (on water); to squander one's money on a bad investment
• 三天不打，上房揭瓦 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles
• 打杀(打殺) to kill
• 打通 to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)
• 打点(打點) to bribe ; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things ; RBI (run batted in)
• 打跑 to run off rebuffed; to fend off; (to fight off and make sb) run off
• 打退堂鼓 to beat the return drum; to give up; to turn tail
• 打闷雷(打悶雷) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures
• 迎头打击(迎頭打擊) to hit head on
• 散打 mixed martial arts
• 打击军事力量(打擊軍事力量) counterforce
• 打滚(打滾) to roll about
• 打嘴巴 to slap
• 严厉打击(嚴厲打擊) to strike a severe blow; to crack down; to take strong measures
• 武打 acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
• 打搅(打攪) to disturb ; would you mind [helping]?
• 打摆子(打擺子) malaria
• 打绽(打綻) to seal seams
• 打砌 to joke
• 打饭(打飯) to get food at a canteen
• 打扮 to decorate; to dress; to make up ; manner of dressing; style of dress
• 打对台(打對台) to compete; to rival

Also contained in

打爆 、 串行点阵打印机

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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
• 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
• 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
• 打腾腾 (打騰騰) 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
• 欲打 (欲打) 欲打大同城 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷51　列傳第16 長孫覽 Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan — count: 2
• 塞打 (塞打) 又遣譙小苟重兵塞打鼻 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十四 列傳第三十四 臧質 魯爽 沈攸之 Volume 74 Biographies 34: Zang Zhi, Lu Shuang, Shen Youzhi — count: 2
• 棒打 (棒打) 以棒打其背 — History of the Northern Dynasties 北史, 卷八十七　列傳第七十五:　酷吏 Volume 87 Biographies 75: Cruel Officials — count: 2