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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 affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
HSK 2
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 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 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 decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
HSK 5
printer
HSK 6
to call / to dial
HSK 6
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
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 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 open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to polish; to burnish; to shine
HSK 7-9
to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law)
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 come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
to go hunting
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 salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进 aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows
to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets
to kick and beat (idiom)
to spin / to rotate / to revolve
half a dozen
to fear / to feel terrified
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
to work hard towards a turnaround / to fight to reverse sth
to doze off
to masturbate (slang)
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
to buy wholesale
to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
to collect money from sb / to give money to sb
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
to have a snowball fight
printout / hard copy
to grade / to give a mark
Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄 in the southwest of Taiwan
to start talking
to wrestle / to grapple / to scuffle
to beat (sb or sth) into (a certain condition) / to denounce (sb) as (sth contemptible)
to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
print server
to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams
(loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink
to yawn
batting average (baseball etc)
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)
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
(photography, filmmaking) to set up the lighting; to illuminate a scene / to polish; to buff; to give luster to (a surface, esp. stone, wood, metal etc)
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind
to skid / to slip / to slide
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
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
earlier / long ago / as soon as possible
to forge ironware
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
to beat / to lash
to whip / to lash / to flog / to thrash
erhua variant of 打頓|打顿
(coll.) to take a taxi / to go by taxi
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪, stir-fried pork with basil)
to doze off
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat

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