打 (dǎ / dá) means Hit (beat - break - make), Dozen. Below are 24 of the 143 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
我 打 开门，房间里很黑。
wǒ dǎkāi mén, fángjiān lǐ hěn hēi.
I opened the door and the room was dark.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
她给我 打 电话，我没接。
tā gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà, wǒ méi jiē.
She rang me and I didn't pick up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
这个周末我本来有很多 打 算。
zhège zhōumò wǒ běnlái yǒu hěnduō dǎsuàn.
I had a lot of plans for this weekend.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
我把箱子 打 开一看，愣住了。
wǒ bǎ xiāngzi dǎkāi yī kàn / kān, lèng zhùle.
I opened the box and stopped short.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
有一个旧箱子，我一直没 打 开。
yǒu yīgè jiù xiāngzi, wǒ yìzhí méi dǎkāi.
There was one old box I kept not opening.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
两个小时以后，我又 打 了一次。
liǎng gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu, wǒ yòu dǎle yīcì.
Two hours later I tried again.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
昨天晚上九点，妈妈给我 打 电话。
zuótiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.
At nine last night my mum called me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
上午我 打 扫了房间，还洗了衣服。
shàngwǔ wǒ dǎsǎo le / liǎo / liào fángjiān, hái / huán xǐ le / liǎo / liào yīfu.
In the morning I cleaned my room and did the washing.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
From the travel phrasebook
打 算待多久？
Dǎsuàn dāi duō jiǔ?
How long do you plan to stay?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
水要 打 开喝一口。
Shuǐ yào dǎkāi hē yì kǒu.
Open your water and take a sip.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
定制的话要 打 样。
Dìngzhì dehuà yào dǎyàng.
For a custom version we'd need to make a prototype.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
你们 打 算怎么处理？
Nǐmen dǎsuàn zěnme chǔlǐ?
How do you plan to handle this?
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
打 appears in 143 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 打
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Questions about 打
How is 打 used in a sentence?
This page shows 143 sentences using 打 (dǎ / dá, "Hit (beat - break - make), Dozen"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 打 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 打 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 打?
The dictionary page for 打 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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