打

dá
Dictionary entry
(loanword) dozen

What does 打 mean?

打 (dá) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1(loanword) dozen
2Taiwan pr. [da3]
3to hit; to strike
4to fight
5(in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection"
6(coll.) from; since

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打
dá
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