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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 make a telephone call
HSK 1
to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
HSK 1
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
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
to clean / to sweep
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
HSK 4
to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder
HSK 4
to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
to give a discount
HSK 4
to disturb / to bother / to trouble
HSK 5
to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
HSK 5
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL: 場|场
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 create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
printer
HSK 6
to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
to play mahjong or cards
HSK 6
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
doubles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute
HSK 6
to take a beating / to get thrashed / to come under attack
HSK 6
to call / to dial
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
to polish; to burnish; to shine
HSK 7-9
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
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
to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law)
HSK 7-9
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
to go hunting
HSK 7-9
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
to disturb; to trouble; to bother
HSK 7-9
dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless / in low spirits / washed out
HSK 7-9
to fight a battle / to go to war
HSK 7-9
meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
HSK 7-9
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 打盹
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
half a dozen
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
to roll about
to wrestle / to grapple / to scuffle
to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams
to type
(loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
to inflate; to pump up / (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale
to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate
to forge ironware
(coll.) to take a taxi / to go by taxi
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
to hit (a target)
to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb)
(of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
to deal a single fatal blow / (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error
to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2]
to reward / to tip / to give a gratuity
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
to fight
to punch a hole
lighter / cigarette lighter
to skid / to slip / to slide
to beat sb soundly
to take care of / to sort out / to manage / to put in order
to err / to dial a wrong number / to make a typo
to tie a knot / to tie
to check; to tick / (old) to buy
lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom) / fig. to scoop up the whole lot / to capture them all in one go
hired thug
taking everything into account (idiom) / when all is said and done
to whip / to lash / to flog / to thrash
to wax (a car, floor etc)
bicycle pump
to spank sb's bottom
to make fun of
to have an abortion
to draw water / to splash water
to bet / to make a bet / a wager
to sneeze
to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
to lie in wait / to ambush / to conceal sth
percussion instrument
pile driver (machinery)
from / (ever) since
to make up one's mind
to drive piles into
to quarrel; to squabble / to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties

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