打
dǎ
Meaning
- 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 (for example, 打伞 dǎ sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎ diàn huà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎ zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎ shǒu tào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎ qì "to inflate")
- to hit · to strike
- to fight
- from · since (as in 打那以后 dǎ nà yǐ hòu "since then")
Example sentences
他打了我的头。
他打了我的頭。
tā dǎ le wǒ de tóu。
He hit me on the head.
我们能不打了吗？
我們能不打了嗎？
wǒ men néng bù dǎ le ma？
Can we stop fighting?
因为打不到车，只能步行了。
因爲打不到車，只能步行了。
yīn wèi dǎ bú dào chē， zhǐ néng bù xíng le。
Since I couldn't get a taxi, I had to walk.
做蛋糕时，用草鸡蛋打出来的蛋白特别蓬松。
做蛋糕時，用草雞蛋打出來的蛋白特別蓬鬆。
zuò dàn gāo shí， yòng cǎo jī dàn dǎ chū lái de dàn bái tè bié péng sōng。
When making cakes, the egg whites made from free-range eggs are especially fluffy.