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打

dá

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dá · daa1 (Jyutping)

  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr. [da3]

dǎ · daa1 (Jyutping)

  1. to hit; to strike
  2. to fight
  3. (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|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection"
  4. (coll.) from; since

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

打

Meaning
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
Radical
扌
Strokes
5
Components
⿰扌丁
Cangjie
QMN
Four-corner
5102.0

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