打

打 dá ㄉㄚˊ daa1

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. 打伞打傘 dǎ sǎn ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄢˇ "to hold an umbrella", 打电话打電話 dǎ diàn huà ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ "to make a phone call", 打针打針 dǎ zhēn ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄣ "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎ shǒu tào ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄠˋ "to knit gloves", 打气打氣 dǎ qì ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄧˋ "to inflate")
to hit; to strike
to fight
(coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后打那以後 dǎ nà yǐ hòu ㄉㄚˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋ "since then")

Practice writing

Draw 打 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

开打開打 ( kāi dǎ hoi1 daa2 )。

Fight.
打扰了打擾了 ( dǎ rǎo le daa1 jiu5 liu5 )。

I'm disturbing you.
打 ( dá daa1 ) 我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 吧 ( ba baa6 )。

Hit me.
别別 ( bié bit6 ) 打开打開 ( dǎ kāi daa2 hoi1 )。

Don't open that.
别別 ( bié bit6 ) 打岔 ( dǎ chà daa2 caa3 )!

Don't interrupt!

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