HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Everyday Verbs

打 dǎ “to hit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 打 means

  1. to hit
  2. to play (a sport)
  3. to make (a phone call)
  4. to strike
  5. to fight
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 “to hold an umbrella”, 打电话 “to make a phone call”, 打针 “to get an injection”
  • (coll.) from
  • since

How to say 打

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale打dǎ3rd tone, dipping

打 in a sentence

  1. 你到了就打我电话。

    Nǐ dào le jiù dǎ wǒ diànhuà.

    Call me as soon as you get there.

    Sentence #14067864 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有时间打给我吧。

    Yǒu shíjiān dǎ gěi wǒ ba.

    Give me a call when you have time.

    Sentence #9007394 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们能在哪儿打电话？

    Wǒmen néng zài nǎr dǎ diànhuà?

    Where can we make a phone call?

    Sentence #501694 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 打 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 打 (dǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
打dǎto hit; to strike
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

Memory aidA hand 扌 striking a nail 丁: to hit. It is now used for many actions, such as 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) “to phone”.

How to write 打

打 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

打 (dǎ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 打 (dǎ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 打

Words with 打

打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)打开dǎkāi · to open打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan打扮dǎban · to decorate打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)打折dǎzhé · to give a discount

More words: Everyday Verbs

睡shuì · to sleep听见tīngjiàn · to hear做饭zuòfàn · to prepare a meal帮bāng · to help打开dǎkāi · to open动dòng · to move飞fēi · to fly考kǎo · to take an exam

FAQs

打 (dǎ) means “to hit” or “to play (a sport)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it dǎ: dǎ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 打 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type da with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打 from the suggestions. Typing da into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.