打 (dǎ): hit, make
打 (dǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “hit, make.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 丁 (phonetic). It ranks #223 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 打 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 找 (zhǎo, to look for), 拿 (ná, to take, to hold).
Definitions
- hit, make
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 打
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call | 1 |
| 打算verb/noun | dǎ suàn | to plan | 3 |
| 打开verb | dǎ kāi | to open | 2 |
| 打扰verb | dǎ rǎo | to disturb | 4 |
| 打败verb | dǎ bài | to defeat | 4 |
| 打架verb | dǎ jià | to fight | 6 |
| 打击verb | dǎ jī | to hit | 6 |
| 打扮verb | dǎ ban | to decorate | 5 |
| 打断verb | dǎ duàn | to interrupt | 5 |
| 打破verb | dǎ pò | to break | 5 |
| 打扫verb | dǎ sǎo | to clean | 3 |
| 打交道 | dǎ jiāo dào | to come into contact with | 6 |
| 打仗verb | dǎ zhàng | to fight a battle | 6 |
| 打动verb | dǎ dòng | to move (to pity) | 6 |
| 打包verb | dǎ bāo | to wrap | 5 |
| 打招呼 | dǎ zhāo hu | to greet sb by word or action | 4 |
| 打工verb | dǎ gōng | to work a temporary or casual job | 4 |
| 打听verb | dǎ ting | to ask about | 5 |
| 拨打verb | bō dǎ | to call | 5 |
| 打印verb | dǎ yìn | to affix a seal | 4 |
| 打造verb | dǎ zào | to create | 6 |
| 打针verb | dǎ zhēn | to give or get an injection | 4 |
| 打折verb | dǎ zhé | to give a discount | 4 |
| 打车verb | dǎ chē | to take a taxi (in town) | 2 |
| 打印机noun | dǎ yìn jī | printer | 4 |
| 打卡verb | dǎ kǎ | (of an employee) to clock on (or off) | 6 |
| 打雷verb | dǎ léi | to rumble with thunder | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打赌 | dǎ dǔ | to bet |
| 打搅 | dǎ jiǎo | to disturb |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow |
| 打发 | dǎ fa | to dispatch sb to do sth |
| 打斗 | dǎ dòu | to fight |
| 打劫 | dǎ jié | to loot |
| 打嗝 | dǎ gé | to hiccup |
打 appears in 100 compound words: 91 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 打 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (52)
to confess without being pressed; to make a willing confession; to give oneself away
to take up the cudgels for the injured party; to defend somebody against an injustice
to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly
to return home in a ceremonial procession (usually used in the imperative).; to return home.
to confess without being pressed; to make a willing confession; to give oneself away
to take up the cudgels for the injured party; to defend somebody against an injustice
Showing 12 of 52 idioms containing 打.
Example Sentences
请打我手机联系我，办公室电话经常占线。
Qǐng dǎ wǒ shǒujī liánxì wǒ, bàngōngshì diànhuà jīngcháng zhànxiàn.
Please call my mobile to reach me; the office line is often busy.
黄金消费火热、春节不打烊,电商人一周三飞
huáng jīn xiāo fèi huǒ rè , chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , diàn shāng rén yī zhōu sān fēi
Gold consumption is hot, the Spring Festival is not closed, and e-commerce people fly three times a week
春节不打烊,广州交投集团中欧班列预计发运9列、货...
chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , guǎng zhōu jiāo tóu jí tuán zhōng ōu bān liè yù jì fā yùn liè huò . . .
The Spring Festival is not closed, Guangzhou Jiaotou Group is expected to send 9 trains, cargo ...
英国男子打砸香港机场 包中还搜出疑似管制药品
yīng guó nán zǐ dǎ zá xiāng gǎng jī chǎng bāo zhōng hái sōu chū yí shì guǎn zhì yào pǐn
British man vandalizes Hong Kong airport; suspected controlled substances found in his bag
福建福州打造新春文化消费新场景
fú jiàn fú zhōu dǎ zào xīn chūn wén huā xiāo fèi xīn chǎng jǐng
Fuzhou, Fujian Creates New Cultural Consumption Experiences for the Spring Festival
...人闹社火、品尝汉代美食,一起解锁新年最潮打..
. . . rén nào shè huǒ pǐn cháng hàn dài měi shí , yī qǐ xiè suǒ xīn nián zuì cháo dǎ . .
Join the festive celebrations, savor Han Dynasty cuisine, and unlock the trendiest New Year activities together.
我出去的时候有人打我电话吗？
Wǒ chūqù de shíhou yǒurén dǎ wǒ diànhuà ma?
Did anyone call me while I was out?
你打算在这个国家待多久？
Nǐ dǎsuàn zài zhège guójiā dāi duōjiǔ?
How long do you plan to stay in this country?
我希望没打扰到你吧？
Wǒ xīwàng méi dǎrǎo dào nǐ ba?
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
我可以打扰你一下吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ dǎrǎo nǐ yīxià ma?
May I bother you for a moment?
Character Family
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