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

• 手打 hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), Abbreviation for 手打字機|手打字机
• 打盹儿(打盹兒) to skid
• 打劫 to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack
• 不打紧(不打緊) unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind
• 敢打敢冲(敢打敢衝) courageous and daring
• 打哑谜(打啞謎) to talk in riddles
• 穿着打扮(穿著打扮) style of dress; one's appearance
• 扫黄打非(掃黃打非) to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
• 打底裤(打底褲) leggings
• 打坐 to do sitting meditation
• 兰姆打(蘭姆打) lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
• 打长途(打長途) to make a long distance call
• 趁热打铁(趁熱打鐵) to strike while the iron is hot
• 全垒打(全壘打) home run (baseball)
• 打样(打樣) to draw a schematic
• 打手语(打手語) to use sign language
• 抽打 to whip; to flog; to thrash
• 打年货(打年貨) to buy articles to celebrate the New Year
• 打来回(打來回) to make a round trip; a return journey
• 点阵打印机(點陣打印機) dot matrix printer
• 打马虎眼(打馬虎眼) to play dumb; to slack off
• 死缠烂打(死纏爛打) to pester; to harass
• 打拱 to bow with clasped hands
• 打夯 to ram; to tamp
• 打工仔 young worker; employee; young male worker
• 不打不成相识(不打不成相識) don't fight, won't make friends; an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
• 打绽(打綻) to seal seams
• 敲打锣鼓(敲打鑼鼓) to beat a gong/ to irritate somebody; a provocation
• 挨打 to be beaten
• 打砌 to joke
• 打通宵 to spend the whole night
• 打官腔 to use official jargon
• 打饑荒 to suffer from crop failure ; to quarrel ; for trouble to arise
• 打眼 to drill or bore a hole; to attract attention; conspicuous
• 打地铺(打地鋪) to make one's bed on the floor
• 打铁匠(打鐵匠) blacksmith
• 雷公打豆腐 the God of Thunder strikes bean curd; to bully the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
• 打醮 to celebrate the All Souls festival
• 打哈哈儿(打哈哈兒) to joke
• 误打误撞(誤打誤撞) accidentally; to act before thinking
• 即付即打 pay as you go
• 打谷场(打穀場) threshing floor
• 打狗欺主 to beat a dog and bully its owner; to humiliate somebody indirectly by bullying a subordinate
• 打球 to play ball; to play with a ball
• 打井 to dig a well
• 打街骂巷(打街罵巷) arguing on the street; making a disturbance in the neighborhood
• 打捱 to delay
• 打光棍 to live as bachelor
• 打尖 to stop for a snack while traveling
• 打冷战(打冷戰) to shiver; to shudder

Also contained in

打斋

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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: 34
• 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
• 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
• 打邵 (打邵) 打邵陵王於北山 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing — count: 2
• 打鹿 (打鹿) 每年打鹿於北鄙 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百六十三 列傳第二十二 張昭 竇儀 呂餘慶 劉熙古 石熙載 李穆 Volume 263 Biographies 22: Zhang Zhao, Dou Yi, Lu Yuqing, Liu Xigu, Shi Xizai, Li Mu — count: 2
• 山打 (山打) 及赭山打圍射生 — 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
• 遣人打 (遣人打) 季龍遣人打落兩耳及尾 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three — count: 2