打 dǎdá HSK1 strike Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: to hold; to carry All meanings 2,346 dǎ 2,336 to call; to send 921to hit 621to sneeze; to yawn 259to play 237to fight 140to mark; to apply 103to fetch; to buy 29to build; to forge 22to knit; to tie 6to hold; to carry 2[from] 2dá 10 dozen 10 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 打, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 2 sentences for 打 (dǎ — to hold; to carry) 我们打手势让出租车司机停车。 wǒmen dǎ shǒushì ràng chūzūchē sījī tíng chē. We signaled the taxi driver to stop. Source: AI Challenger 2017她如此激动地直打手势，我知道出问题了。 tā rúcǐ jīdòng de zhí dǎ shǒushì, wǒ zhīdao chū wèntí le. She was gesturing so excitedly that I knew something was wrong. Source: UM-Corpus: Education
