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  *打* | 打* | *打
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 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
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  *考* | 考* | *考
to beat / to hit / variant of / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
HSK 1
to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *录* | 录* | *录
diary / record / to hit / to copy
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敲* | 敲* | *敲
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch
HSK 5
disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
HSK 5
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筑* | 筑* | *筑
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
to strike; to hit; to ram
HSK 7-9
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  *揍* | 揍* | *揍
to hit; to beat (sb) / (coll.) to smash (sth)
HSK 7-9
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
HSK 7-9
lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)
to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button)
(slang) to hit sb; to beat sb
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *击* | 击* | *击
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
to take countermeasures against / to hit back / to counter
to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key
to hit (a target)
to hit (a target)
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap; to be taken in
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
to hit the target
sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc
to hit back / to return fire
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉
to hit (a target etc) / to strike
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach
to slander; to defame / to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殴* | 殴* | *殴
to beat up / to hit sb
to hit the market (of a new product)
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
to hit the big time
(hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom) / fig. to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to hit the mark every time
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掊* | 掊* | *掊
break up / hit
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
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  *揗* | 揗* | *揗
strike, hit with hand / tap
to hit back / to retaliate
(of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag
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  *摽* | 摽* | *摽
to bind tightly / to link (arms) / to hang around with; to stick close to (sb) / to compete / (literary) to hit; to beat
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  *摮* | 摮* | *摮
(archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
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  *嗙* | 嗙* | *嗙
(dialect) to boast / to brag / (onom.) sound of hitting sth
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
base hit (baseball)
(onom.) (sound of sth smashing as it hits the ground) / (onom.) (sound made by a camera shutter)
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
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  *箾* | 箾* | *箾
to hit sb with a pole / (archaic) pole held by a dancer
to hit the nail on the head / to predict correctly
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撽* | 撽* | *撽
to beat with a stick / to hit from the side
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揕* | 揕* | *揕
to hit / to thrust
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪃* | 㪃* | *㪃
to beat; to hit
(coll.) to flirt; to hit on girls
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  *窾* | 窾* | *窾
crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of
to hit the market
to hit sb; to beat sb up
number of clicks / number of hits (on a website)
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
to tap; to hit lightly
(Internet slang) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics)
(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)
critical hit (gaming)
to be a big hit / to be hugely popular
area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area
to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) / nonconformity gets punished
to hit with the first shot
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
hit rate / scoring rate
cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom)
lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine
to bludgeon / to hit with a big stick
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
to be hit by a gun / shot
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
a hit / tremendous popularity
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
to hit with a piercing blow

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