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打
Mandarin · pinyin dá#
Meanings · dá
- (loanword) dozen
- Taiwan pr. dǎ
Mandarin · pinyin dǎ#
Meanings · dǎ
- to hit; to strike
- to fight
- (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 dǎ sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎ diàn huà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎ zhēn "to get an injection"
- (coll.) from; since
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- 打
- dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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Mandarin tones
2 · da2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daa1 · daa2 · ding2
Cantonese word readings for 打. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat
- to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat — to break by hitting or striking
- to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat — (music) to play (a percussion instrument)
- to fight; to attack
- the act of beating up
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to get; to fetch
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — (metonymic) to buy unpackaged or simply packaged goods (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to buy (ticket)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to guess; (the riddle) is about
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to speak (a signed language)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to fabricate; to build
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to stir
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to open
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to lift
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to dig
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to send or call
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — (involving gunpowder) to fire off; to set off; to attack
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — (figuratively, vulgar) to perform sexual activity
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to gather
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to apply
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to attach
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to write
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to paint; to stamp
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — (computing) to type
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to display (text, an image, etc.)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to print (a file, a receipt, etc.)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to play (a video game or console)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to play (mahjong, card games, etc.)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to perform (a martial art)
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to tie
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to reduce
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to remove
- Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to: — to stop
- (Cantonese) to correspond to; to be associated with
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to entrust something to someone to handle or dispose of
- to reach
- from; since
- (opera) A particle used between reduplicated syllables.
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- dozen
character · Etymology 3
- only used in 蘇打／苏打 (sūdá)
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