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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
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) / since / from
HSK 1
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
HSK 1
to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
HSK 2
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to break; to smash
HSK 3
to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
HSK 4
to clean / to sweep
HSK 4
to give a discount
HSK 4
to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder
HSK 4
to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
to give or have an injection
HSK 4
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
HSK 5
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
HSK 5
to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL: 場|场
HSK 5
to disturb / to bother / to trouble
HSK 5
to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
to play mahjong or cards
HSK 6
to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
HSK 6
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
printer
HSK 6
to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute
HSK 6
to polish; to burnish; to shine
HSK 7-9
to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
HSK 7-9
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to fight a battle / to go to war
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
to go hunting
HSK 7-9
to disturb; to trouble; to bother
HSK 7-9
to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon
HSK 7-9
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 打盹
HSK 7-9
to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy)
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
to punch a hole
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
to bribe / to get (luggage) ready / to put in order / to organize things / (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
to grade / to give a mark
to kill / to beat to death
to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies
to type
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
(idiom) to become as one (with a particular group of people); to mix well; to bond
to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
to suppress / to beat down
to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
to drive piles into
to collect money from sb / to give money to sb
to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus)
to fight
to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2]
to hit (a target)
to forge ironware
to sit in meditation / to meditate
to inflate; to pump up / (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to play (a card) / to make a move in a game
to tie a knot / to tie
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
to banter flirtatiously (idiom)
hired thug
to dig a well
(idiom) to retaliate
to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work
to work hard / to try to make a living
to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination
to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate
to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous
to hold up an umbrella
to have an abortion
to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
to fish
to wax (a car, floor etc)
to do shadowboxing
target shooting
to bet / to make a bet / a wager
to snore
to have a snowball fight
to roll about
to skid / to slip / to slide
to take care of / to sort out / to manage / to put in order
to spin / to rotate / to revolve
to beat back / to repel / to repulse
to doze off
to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces
to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to; to relegate to / to insert; to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)
to draw water / to splash water
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) / to give up on
(idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)

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