打
dǎdá HSK1

strike

打 dǎ frequency
to call; to send verb
to dial or call (a telephone); to send (a telegram or signal)

用这个电话打给他。

yòng zhè​ge diàn​huà dǎ gěi tā.

Use this phone to call him.

to hit verb
to strike; to knock; to beat; to break

你该不会是要打我吧？

nǐ gāi bù​huì shì yào dǎ wǒ ba?

You’re not going to hit me, are you?

他从来没有打过他们。

tā cóng​lái méi​yǒu dǎ guo tā​men.

He never hit them.

to sneeze; to yawn verb
to perform certain involuntary bodily actions (as in 打喷嚏 dǎ​pēn​tì, 打哈欠 dǎ​hā​qian, or 打嗝 dǎ​gé)
to play verb
to play (certain sports or games like ball games, cards, or chess)

我们不能再打球了。

wǒ​men bù​néng zài dǎ qiú le.

We can't play ball anymore.

他们和我们打了一场精彩的比赛。

tā​men hé wǒ​men dǎ le yī chǎng jīng​cǎi de bǐ​sài.

They played a great game against us.

to fight verb
to fight; to attack; to go to war

我们不想打起来。

wǒ​men bù xiǎng dǎ qǐ lai.

We don't want a fight.

他们打了三天。

tā​men dǎ le sān tiān.

They fought for three days.

to mark; to apply verb
to mark (a seal or stamp); to type (on a keyboard); to apply (wax, grease, or paint)
to fetch; to buy verb
to fetch or draw (water); to buy (oil, vinegar, or tickets)
to build; to forge verb
to build, forge, or construct (furniture, wells, or ironware)
to knit; to tie verb
to knit (sweaters, gloves) or tie (knots)

我知道怎么打领结。

wǒ zhī​dao zěn​me dǎ lǐng​jié.

I know how to tie a bow tie.

to hold; to carry nounverb
to hold, raise, or carry (an umbrella, lantern, or flag)
[from] preposition
(colloquial) from; since; starting from a certain time, place, or point

你打哪儿听说这个名字的？

nǐ dǎ nǎ​r tīng​shuō zhè​ge míng​zi de?

Where did you hear that name?

surname
a Chinese surname
打 dá
dozen measure word
(loanword) dozen; a measure word for a set of twelve things

蛋是按打卖的。

dàn shì àn dá mài de.

Eggs are sold by the dozen.

Frequency
Character
Written text
223rd most common 962.0 per million
Movie subtitles
100th most common 1692.2 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
930.7 per million appears in 90% of films
Written text
538.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+6253

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)