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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
HSK 2
to break; to smash
HSK 3
to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
HSK 4
to clean / to sweep
HSK 4
to give a discount
HSK 4
to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder
HSK 4
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
HSK 5
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
HSK 5
to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL: 場|场
HSK 5
to disturb / to bother / to trouble
HSK 5
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute
HSK 6
to play mahjong or cards
HSK 6
to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
HSK 6
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
to take a beating / to get thrashed / to come under attack
HSK 6
doubles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
printer
HSK 6
to call / to dial
HSK 6
to polish; to burnish; to shine
HSK 7-9
to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
to fight a battle / to go to war
HSK 7-9
to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law)
HSK 7-9
dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless / in low spirits / washed out
HSK 7-9
meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to go hunting
HSK 7-9
to disturb; to trouble; to bother
HSK 7-9
to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon
HSK 7-9
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 打盹
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
(dialect) to joke / to make fun of (sb)
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
action movie / kungfu movie
(angling) to throw groundbait into an area of water
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
to fool around / to kid around
lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
to banter flirtatiously (idiom)
to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures
to beat back / to repel / to repulse
to trip / to miss a step / to slip
to have a snowball fight
to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies
to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work
cider (loanword)
(idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
to lead the charge
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
(idiom) to become as one (with a particular group of people); to mix well; to bond
to hit (a target)
to loot / to rob / to plunder / to ransack
to suppress / to beat down
to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
to beat (sb or sth) into (a certain condition) / to denounce (sb) as (sth contemptible)
to tap; to hit lightly
thinning scissors
to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy)
see 立春
to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2]
to drive piles into
egg beater
to type
to fight
to fight (one against one)
to forge ironware
to sit in meditation / to meditate
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to play (a card) / to make a move in a game
to beat sb / to beat (a drum)
to tie a knot / to tie
to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
to write an IOU or promissory note
to punch a hole
to work hard / to try to make a living
to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
to beat / to lash
to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous

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