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打

dǎ

to hit; to strike

HSK 2HSK 7–9

Meanings of 打 in English

dǎHSK 2verbSyllabus #327
  1. to hit; to strike
  2. to fight
  3. (coll.) from; since
  4. (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
  1. (coll.) from; since
  2. (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"
  3. to hit; to strike
  4. to fight

Example sentences

  1. 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.
    Tatoeba #1792512 by sadhen · #317069 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 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.
    Tatoeba #891769 by Martha · #67707 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 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.
    Tatoeba #869898 by Martha · #273946 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences