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

• 打发时间(打發時間) to pass the time
• 打顿(打頓) to pause
• 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
• 打旋儿(打旋兒) to revolve
• 打诨(打諢) to intersperse comic remarks; to quip; to banter
• 打早 earlier; long ago; as soon as possible
• 打砸 to smash up; to vandalize
• 打酒 to buy liquor
• 打退 to beat back; to repel; to repulse
• 零敲碎打 to do things in bits and pieces; piecemeal work
• 打牌 to play mahjong or cards
• 打高尔夫球(打高爾夫球) to play golf
• 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
• 打拼 to work hard; to try to make a living ; to use all one's strength
• 扫黄打非(掃黃打非) to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
• 苏打(蘇打) soda
• 打赤脚(打赤腳) to bare the feet
• 打顿儿(打頓兒) to pause
• 打挺儿(打挺兒) to arch one's body and fling one's head back
• 打啵 to kiss
• 打成一片 to unify as a whole
• 打战(打戰) to shiver
• 打档(打檔) to change gears
• 打春 Start of Spring
• 雨打风吹(雨打風吹) rain striking and wind blowing
• 打飞机(打飛機) to masturbate
• 打杀(打殺) to kill
• 打字 to type
• 打枷 to punish a prisoner by putting in cangues
• 打层次(打層次) to get one's hair layered
• 打马赛克(打馬賽克) to censor an image; to pixelate
• 吊打 to hang somebody up and beat him
• 短打扮 shorts; tight-fitting clothes
• 打靶 target shooting
• 单打独斗(單打獨鬥) to fight alone
• 拨打(撥打) to call; to dial
• 打铁匠(打鐵匠) blacksmith
• 打仗 to fight a battle; to go to war
• 打手势(打手勢) to wave [the hand]; to gesture
• 打拱作揖 to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 责打(責打) to punish by flogging
• 打街骂巷(打街罵巷) arguing on the street; making a disturbance in the neighborhood
• 铁打的衙门，流水的官(鐵打的衙門，流水的官) the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water; government officials come and go
• 大炮打蚊子 cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• 打从(打從) from; (ever) since
• 严打(嚴打) to crack down on; to take severe measures against
• 打的 to take a taxi; to go by taxi
• 打中 to hit (a target)
• 打搅(打攪) to disturb ; would you mind [helping]?

Also contained in

渣打银行 、 假里马打

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
• 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
• 横打 (橫打) 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: 2
• 唯有打 (唯有打) 制唯有打母 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十四 列傳第十四 孔季恭 羊玄保 沈曇慶 Volume 54 Biographies 14: Kong Jigong, Yang Xuanbao, Shen Tanqing — count: 2
• 打息 (打息) 時會稽剡縣民黃初妻趙打息載妻王死亡 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十五 列傳第十五 臧燾 徐廣 傅隆 Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long — count: 2
• 打一 (打一) 行一里則打一棰 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 2