打

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HSK 2

Meaning

dozen (loanword)
to beat
to strike
to hit
to break
to type
to mix up
to build
to fight
to fetch
to make
to tie up
to issue
to shoot
to calculate
to play (a game)
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from

Definition

击打；进行某种动作或活动；从某处发出；表示身体某部位的动作等。

To hit; to perform a certain action or activity; to send from somewhere; to indicate a movement of a body part, etc.

Usage

这是一个多义词，常用于表示用手或工具击打物体（如打人、打鼓），也用于表示进行某种活动（如打篮球、打游戏），或发出动作（如打电话、打喷嚏），有时还表示制作或购买（如打毛衣、打车）。

This is a polysemous word, often used to indicate hitting something with hand or tool (e.g., hit someone, play drum), also used for performing an activity (e.g., play basketball, play games), or making an action (e.g., make a phone call, sneeze), sometimes meaning to make or buy (e.g., knit a sweater, take a taxi).

Examples

1 他生气地打了一下桌子。 (He angrily hit the table.)
2 我们一起去打篮球吧。 (Let's go play basketball together.)
3 请帮我打一个电话给李老师。 (Please make a phone call to Teacher Li for me.)
4 她正在打毛衣送给妈妈。 (She is knitting a sweater for her mother.)
5 今天早上我打了好几个喷嚏。 (I sneezed several times this morning.)
6 下雨了，我们打车回家吧。 (It's raining, let's take a taxi home.)

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