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

• 扫黄打非(掃黃打非) to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
• 打击社会财富(打擊社會財富) countervalue
• 打岔 to cut somebody off; to interupt
• 打印 to print; to seal; to stamp
• 打发时间(打發時間) to pass the time
• 殴打罪(毆打罪) assault and battery
• 盲打 to touch-type
• 一炮打响(一炮打響) to win instant success; to start off successfully
• 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
• 打口 surplus (or cut-out) stock from Western countries
• 打扫(打掃) to clean; to sweep
• 打从(打從) from; (ever) since
• 打旋 to revolve
• 打哈哈儿(打哈哈兒) to joke
• 打球 to play ball; to play with a ball
• 打群架 to brawl
• 打砸 to smash up; to vandalize
• 打开天窗说亮话(打開天窗說亮話) not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
• 打趔趄 to trip; to miss a step; to slip
• 排打 to appreciate
• 打肿脸充胖子(打腫臉充胖子) to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing
• 打铁(打鐵) to forge ironware
• 打烊 to close shop in the evening
• 打官话(打官話) to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon
• 打捱 to delay
• 打火机(打火機) a lighter; a cigarette lighter
• 打拍 to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
• 打枷 to punish a prisoner by putting in cangues
• 打落水狗 to beat a drowning dog; to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy; to hit somebody when he's down
• 短打扮 shorts; tight-fitting clothes
• 打针(打針) to give or have an injection
• 打水漂 to skip stones (on water); to squander one's money on a bad investment
• 打把势(打把勢) drill (in sword play); to thrash around; to demonstrate gymnastic skills; to solicit financial help (in an indirect way)
• 打呃 to hiccup
• 打黑 to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
• 打睡 to sleep
• 打卦 to tell somebody's fortune using divinatory trigrams
• 雷公打豆腐 the God of Thunder strikes bean curd; to bully the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
• 再见全垒打(再見全壘打) walk-off home run
• 武打片 action movie; kungfu movie
• 打破 to break; to smash
• 捶打 to beat; to pound; to thump
• 枪打出头鸟(槍打出頭鳥) the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out; nonconformity gets punished
• 鸡飞蛋打(雞飛蛋打) the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken; a dead loss
• 打包票 to vouch for; to guarantee
• 跌打损伤(跌打損傷) injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
• 苦迭打 coup d'état
• 打嗝儿(打嗝兒) hiccup

Also contained in

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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
• 打鼻 (打鼻) 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
• 打稽 (打稽) 謂之打稽 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷25　志第20 刑法 Volume 25 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — 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
• 桔槔打 (桔槔打) 弢作桔槔打官軍船艦 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十八 列傳第二十八 周處 周訪 Volume 58 Biographies 28: Zhou Chu; Zhou Fang — count: 2