打
dǎ
Meanings of 打 in English
dǎHSK 2verbSyllabus #327
- to hit; to strike
- to fight
- (coll.) from; since
- (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection"
dǎHSK 7–9prepositionSyllabus #6114
- (coll.) from; since
- (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection"
- to hit; to strike
- to fight
Example sentences
- 她每周末都打高尔夫球。tā měi zhōu mò dōu dǎ gāo ěr fū qiú。She plays golf every weekend.
- 現在太暗了不能打網球。xiàn zài tài àn le bù néng dǎ wǎng qiú。It's too dark to play tennis now.
- 你打了一條不錯的領帶。nǐ dǎ le yī tiáo bù cuò de lǐng dài。That's a nice tie you're wearing.
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