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  daa2 daa1   jyutping
  da3 da2   pinyin
{-- jp: daa2 | hp: da3 --}
[1] [v] strike; hit; beat [2] [v] fight; attack [3] [v] smash [4] [v] make, do, get, fetch, play, buy, etc. [5] from; to; toward

{-- jp: daa1 | hp: da2 --}
dozen

Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 31645 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jul 2009 06:49

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detail  daa2 zi6  da3 zi4 = to type
detail  bun3 daa1  ban4 da2 = half a dozen
detail  jat1 daa1  yi1 da2 = one dozen
detail  daa2 ho1 him3  da3 he2 qian4 = to yawn, yawning
detail  daa2 gaau1   = fight; exchange blows
detail  daa2 zi6 gei1  da3 zi4 ji1 = typewriter
detail  daa2 jiu2  da3 rao3 = disturb; bother
detail  daa2 jan3 gei1  da3 yin4 ji1 = a (computer) printer
detail  cau1 daa2  chou1 da3 = [v] flog, lash, strap, whip
detail  daa2 din6 waa6*2  da3 dian4 hua4 = to make a phone call
See all 407 compounds (CantoDict reports 424 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 33 examples containing 打
detail 打字得很
You type very fast!
detail audio 今日打算邊度
Where do you plan on going today?
detail audio 點解打電話畀佢第二日
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
detail audio 打爛咗
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]
detail 唔該打包拎走
Please wrap it up for me to take away!
detail 打麻雀姨媽嗜好
Playing mahjong is my aunt's hobby.
detail 打死
I killed a mosquito.
detail 電話醫生
She has phoned the doctor.
[咗 is a marker for perfective aspect. ]
detail 成日打韆鞦
She always wants to play on the swings.
detail 方法打倒
I’ve got a way of taking him down.
[Lit. I have [counter] method overthrow him.]
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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