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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 affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
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 plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
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 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 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 interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
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
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
printer
HSK 6
to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute
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 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
to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy)
(angling) to throw groundbait into an area of water
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
to kill / to beat to death
to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies
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 drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
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 lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
to drive piles into
to collect money from sb / to give money to sb
to type
to fight
to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2]
to forge ironware
to sit in meditation / to meditate
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to play (a card) / to make a move in a game
to tie a knot / to tie
to banter flirtatiously (idiom)
to punch a hole
to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work
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 a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous
to hold up an umbrella
to have an abortion
to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
to fish
to wax (a car, floor etc)
to do shadowboxing
target shooting
to bet / to make a bet / a wager
to have a snowball fight
to doze off
to roll about
to spin / to rotate / to revolve
to skid / to slip / to slide
to take care of / to sort out / to manage / to put in order
to inflate; to pump up / (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale
to beat back / to repel / to repulse
to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces
to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to; to relegate to / to insert; to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)
to play cards / to play poker
to draw water / to splash water
to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) / to give up on
(idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
to shiver / to tremble
to dig a well
to stop / to halt
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others

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