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 37048 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 10 of 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.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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