打 (daa2 daa1 | da3 da2) : hit; strike

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打

daa2 daa1

da3 da2

{-- 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: 扌 (#64)

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

打

This word has been viewed 31817 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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打字 daa2 zi6 da3 zi4 = to type

半打 bun3 daa1 ban4 da2 = half a dozen

一打 jat1 daa1 yi1 da2 = one dozen

打呵欠 daa2 ho1 him3 da3 he2 qian4 = to yawn, yawning

打交 daa2 gaau1 = fight; exchange blows 粵

打字機 daa2 zi6 gei1 da3 zi4 ji1 = typewriter

打擾 daa2 jiu2 da3 rao3 = disturb; bother

打印機 daa2 jan3 gei1 da3 yin4 ji1 = a (computer) printer

抽打 cau1 daa2 chou1 da3 = [v] flog, lash, strap, whip

打電話 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 all 33 examples containing 打

你打字打得很快呀！國
You type very fast!

你今日打算去邊度呀？粵
Where do you plan on going today?

你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

嗰隻碟打爛咗粵
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]

唔該幫我打包拎走粵
Please wrap it up for me to take away!

打麻雀係我姨媽嘅嗜好。粵
Playing mahjong is my aunt's hobby.

我打死咗隻蚊。粵
I killed a mosquito.

佢打咗電話畀醫生粵
She has phoned the doctor.
[咗 is a marker for perfective aspect. ]

佢成日都想打韆鞦粵
She always wants to play on the swings.

我有個方法打倒佢粵
I’ve got a way of taking him down.
[Lit. I have [counter] method overthrow him.]

噙晚你打過電話畀我粵
Last night you phoned me.

乘務員用剪票夾在我們的車票上打孔。國
The train conductor punched our tickets.

我的朋友在一個中學打工。國
My friend has a part-time job at a high school.

打直第一行
first column
[note the split characters for 直行]

打橫第二行
second row
[note the split characters for 橫行]

你今日嘅打扮真係潮爆！粵
You look really fashionable today!
[Your style is very up to date.]

園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

媽媽將屋企打理到井井有條一啲都唔易粵
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.

呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?

靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards

唔知喺大陸被捉通姦會唔會打靶嘅呵粵
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.

為點小事，豈敢打擾！
I wouldn't dare bother you over such petty things.

噉做會棒打鴛鴦，我做唔落。粵
Doing this would break the couple apart. I cannot bear to do it.

佢飲醉咗﹐好想撩交打。粵
He was drunk and spoiling for a fight.

究竟佢喺度打咩鬼主意？
What's evil plan is he actually executing?

架車打過蠟，呤咗好多。粵
The car looks shinier after waxing.

打擊罪行人人有責
We all have a part to play in combatting crime.

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

點解你洗嚫碗都打爛嘢㗎？
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

打探商業情報﹐先至係佢參加旅行團嘅真正目的。粵
Spying out business secrets is the true purpose of his joining the tour.
[先至係 (to be really) is always used for emphasis.]

我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

佢隻狗有糖尿病，所以每日要打胰島素粵
Her dog has diabetes, so it needs insulin shots each day.

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