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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 ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
HSK 3
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
HSK 4
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
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 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 make a telephone call
HSK 1
to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL: 場|场
HSK 5
to disturb / to bother / to trouble
HSK 5
to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
to break; to smash
HSK 3
to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute
HSK 6
to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder
HSK 4
to clean / to sweep
HSK 4
to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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 give or get an injection
HSK 4
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
HSK 1
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
printer
HSK 6
to give a discount
HSK 4
to spray agricultural chemicals
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 reward / to tip / to give a gratuity
to go hunting
HSK 7-9
to play mahjong or cards
HSK 6
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
pile driver (machinery)
leggings
to polish; to burnish; to shine
HSK 7-9
to play a game
to make up one's mind
to censor an image / to pixelate
to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to grade / to give a mark
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
lighter / cigarette lighter
to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
to pass the time
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
(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
to stop / to halt
to lead the charge
to get food at a canteen
to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face
to disturb; to trouble; to bother
HSK 7-9
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
worker
to fish
typewriter
to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb)
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
to beat and scold
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
to spin / to rotate / to revolve
to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark
to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
to pixelate an image / to key in captcha authentication codes
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
typist
to make discreet inquiries / to scout out
important
to put sb on an intravenous drip
(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot
to loot / to rob / to plunder / to ransack
to yawn
to doze off
to slap
to snore
to type (using a keyboard, typewriter or phone etc)
from the bottom of one's heart / heartily / sincerely
to win; to beat (one's opponent)
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
(dialect) from childhood; from a young age
to compute on the abacus / (fig.) to calculate / to plan / to scheme
printout / hard copy
to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over
to joke / to laugh insincerely / to make merry / to talk irrelevantly
to sit in meditation / to meditate
to roll about
(idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue
lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly)
to spank sb's bottom
to wax (a car, floor etc)
to fight a battle / to go to war
HSK 7-9
to beat time
game-fixing / to fix games
to breach / to invade
to inquire about / to give sb the third degree
to make one's bed on the floor

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