打

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse 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", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")

中用手或工具对着某物用力击打；与其他词组合表示多种动作yòng shǒu huò gōngjù duìzhe mǒu wù yònglì jīdǎ; yǔ qítā cí zǔhé biǎoshì duōzhǒng dòngzuò

• wǒdǎdiànhuàgěimāma.

  我打电话给妈妈。🔊

  I called my mother.

• Nǐnéngbāngwǒdǎyìnzhèfènwénjiànma?

  你能帮我打印这份文件吗？🔊

  Can you help me print this document?

to hit; to strike

中用力打击或敲打某物yònglì dǎjī huò qiāodǎ mǒu wù

• tādǎlewǒyīxià.

  他打了我一下。🔊

  He hit me once.

• biédǎrén，yǒuhuàhǎohǎoshuō。

  别打人，有话好好说。🔊

  Don't hit people — if you have something to say, talk it out calmly.

to fight

中进行战斗；双方相互攻击jìnxíng zhàndòu; shuāngfāng xiānghù gōngjī

• tāmendǎjiàle.

  他们打架了。🔊

  They got into a fight.

• Liǎngguójūnduìzàibiānjìngdǎleqǐlai。

  两国军队在边境打了起来。🔊

  The armies of the two countries came to blows at the border.

(coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")

中表示时间的起点；从某个时候开始biǎoshì shíjiān de qǐdiǎn；cóng mǒuige shíhou kāishǐ

• dájīntiānqǐ,wǒyàonǔlìxuéxí.

  打今天起，我要努力学习。🔊

  From today on, I must study hard.

• dǎnàyǐhòu，tāzàiyěméiyǒuhuíláiguò。

  打那以后，他再也没有回来过。🔊

  From that point on, he never came back again.

(loanword) dozen

中十二个的计数单位shí'èr ge de jìshù dānwèi

• yīdápíjiǔ.

  一打啤酒。🔊

  A dozen beers.

• Tāmǎileliǎngdájīdàn。

  她买了两打鸡蛋。🔊

  She bought two dozen eggs.

Taiwan pr. [da3]

中用手或工具敲击、击打某物yòng shǒu huò gōngjù qiāojī、jījī mǒu wù

• tādǎlewǒ.

  他打了我。🔊

  He hit me.

• Tāmǎileliǎngdájīdàn。

  她买了两打鸡蛋。🔊

  She bought two dozen eggs.