打
Traditional form:
打
Pinyin (reading):
dǎ
Definitions:
- 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 (dǎsǎn) "to hold an umbrella", 打電話／打电话 (dǎdiànhuà) "to make a phone call", 打針／打针 (dǎzhēn) "to get an injection", 打手套 (dǎshǒutào) "to knit gloves", 打氣／打气 (dǎqì) "to inflate")
- to hit; to strike
- to fight
- (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後／打那以后 (dǎnàyǐhòu) "since then")
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