| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打 | 打 | dá | - dozen (loanword) |
| 打 | 打 | dǎ | - 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 |
| 一打 | 一打 | yīdá | - dozen |
| 半打 | 半打 | bàndá | - half a dozen |
| 吉打 | 吉打 | Jídǎ | - Kedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star 亞羅士打|亚罗士打[Ya4 luo2 shi4 da3] |
| 吊打 | 吊打 | diàodǎ | - to hang sb up and beat him |
| 单打 | 單打 | dāndǎ | - singles (in sports) - CL:場|场[chang3] |
| 严打 | 嚴打 | yándǎ | - to crack down on - to take severe measures against |
| 安打 | 安打 | āndǎ | - base hit (baseball) |
| 对打 | 對打 | duìdǎ | - to spar - to fight - to duke it out |
| 厮打 | 廝打 | sīdǎ | - to fight together - to come to blows |
| 强打 | 強打 | qiángdǎ | - promotion (for a product) - advertisement |
| 手打 | 手打 | shǒudǎ | - hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), abbr. for 手打字機|手打字机 |
| 打下 | 打下 | dǎxià | - to lay (a foundation) - to conquer (a city etc) - to shoot down (a bird etc) |
| 打中 | 打中 | dǎzhòng | - to hit (a target) |
| 打仗 | 打仗 | dǎzhàng | - to fight a battle - to go to war |
| 打住 | 打住 | dǎzhù | - to stop - to halt |
| 打倒 | 打倒 | dǎdǎo | - to overthrow - to knock down - Down with ... ! |
| 打假 | 打假 | dǎjiǎ | - to fight counterfeiting - to expose as false - to denounce sb's lies |
| 打伞 | 打傘 | dǎsǎn | - to hold up an umbrella |
| 打伤 | 打傷 | dǎshāng | - to injure - to wound - to damage |
| 打兑 | 打兌 | dǎduì | - to arrange (colloquial) - to transfer creditor's rights (in a debt case) |
| 打分 | 打分 | dǎfēn | - to grade - to give a mark |
| 打劫 | 打劫 | dǎjié | - to loot - to rob - to plunder - to ransack |
| 打动 | 打動 | dǎdòng | - to move (to pity) - arousing (sympathy) - touching |
| 打勾 | 打勾 | dǎgōu | - to check - to tick - to buy (traditional) |
| 打包 | 打包 | dǎbāo | - to wrap - to pack - to ask for a doggy bag (at a restaurant) |
| 打千 | 打千 | dǎqiān | - genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand |
| 打卡 | 打卡 | dǎkǎ | - to clock in or out (of a job etc) |
| 打卦 | 打卦 | dǎguà | - to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams |
| 打印 | 打印 | dǎyìn | - to print - to seal - to stamp |
| 打口 | 打口 | dǎkǒu | - (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc |
| 打呃 | 打呃 | dǎè | - to hiccup |
| 打呼 | 打呼 | dǎhū | - to snore |
| 打哄 | 打哄 | dǎhǒng | - to fool around - to kid around |
| 打问 | 打問 | dǎwèn | - to inquire about - to give sb the third degree |
| 打啵 | 打啵 | dǎbō | - (dialect) to kiss |
| 打嗝 | 打嗝 | dǎgé | - to hiccup - to belch - to burp |
| 打嘴 | 打嘴 | dǎzuǐ | - to slap sb's face - to slap one's own face - fig. to fail to live up to a boast |
| 打坐 | 打坐 | dǎzuò | - to sit in meditation - to meditate |
| 打垮 | 打垮 | dǎkuǎ | - to defeat - to strike down - to destroy |
| 打场 | 打場 | dǎcháng | - to thresh grain (on the floor) |
| 打压 | 打壓 | dǎyā | - to suppress - to beat down |
| 打夯 | 打夯 | dǎhāng | - to ram - to tamp |
| 打奶 | 打奶 | dǎnǎi | - lit. to beat milk - to churn (to make butter) - milk foamer (for cappuccino) |
| 打字 | 打字 | dǎzì | - to type |
| 打尖 | 打尖 | dǎjiān | - to stop for a snack while traveling |
| 打屁 | 打屁 | dǎpì | - to chat idly |
| 打岔 | 打岔 | dǎchà | - interruption - to interrupt (esp. talk) - to change the subject |
| 打工 | 打工 | dǎgōng | - to work a temporary or casual job - (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation |
| 打底 | 打底 | dǎdǐ | - to lay a foundation (also fig.) - to make a first sketch - to eat sth before drinking - to apply an undercoat |
| 打从 | 打從 | dǎcóng | - from - (ever) since |
| 打怵 | 打怵 | dǎchù | - to fear - to feel terrified |
| 打憷 | 打憷 | dǎchù | - variant of 打怵[da3 chu4] |
| 打手 | 打手 | dǎshou | - hired thug |
| 打扮 | 打扮 | dǎban | - to decorate - to dress - to make up - to adorn - manner of dressing - style of dress |
| 打折 | 打折 | dǎzhé | - to give a discount |
| 打拍 | 打拍 | dǎpāi | - to beat time - to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards |
| 打拱 | 打拱 | dǎgǒng | - to bow with clasped hands |
| 打拳 | 打拳 | dǎquán | - to do shadowboxing |
| 打拼 | 打拼 | dǎpīn | - to work hard - to try to make a living |
| 打扫 | 打掃 | dǎsǎo | - to clean - to sweep |
| 打掉 | 打掉 | dǎdiào | - to tear down - to destroy - to dismantle (a gang) - to abort (a fetus) |
| 打探 | 打探 | dǎtàn | - to make discreet inquiries - to scout out |
| 打捞 | 打撈 | dǎlāo | - to salvage - to dredge - to fish out (person or object from the sea) |
| 打击 | 打擊 | dǎjī | - to hit - to strike - to attack - to crack down on sth - a setback - a blow - percussion (music) |
| 打扰 | 打擾 | dǎrǎo | - to disturb - to bother - to trouble |
| 打搅 | 打攪 | dǎjiǎo | - to disturb - to trouble |
| 打败 | 打敗 | dǎbài | - to defeat - to overpower - to beat - to be defeated |
| 打散 | 打散 | dǎsàn | - to scatter - to break sth up - to beat (an egg) |
| 打断 | 打斷 | dǎduàn | - to interrupt - to break off - to break (a bone) |
| 打旋 | 打旋 | dǎxuán | - to revolve |
| 打早 | 打早 | dǎzǎo | - earlier - long ago - as soon as possible |
| 打春 | 打春 | dǎchūn | - see 立春[Li4 chun1] |
| 打更 | 打更 | dǎgēng | - to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times) |
| 打杈 | 打杈 | dǎchà | - pruning (branches) |
| 打架 | 打架 | dǎjià | - to fight - to scuffle - to come to blows - CL:場|场[chang2] |
| 打柴 | 打柴 | dǎchái | - to chop firewood - to gather firewood |
| 打棚 | 打棚 | dǎpéng | - (dialect) to joke |
| 打枪 | 打槍 | dǎqiāng | - to fire a gun - to substitute for sb in sitting an examination |
| 打桩 | 打樁 | dǎzhuāng | - to drive piles into |
| 打死 | 打死 | dǎsǐ | - to kill - to beat to death |
| 打杀 | 打殺 | dǎshā | - to kill |
| 打气 | 打氣 | dǎqì | - to inflate - to pump up - fig. to encourage - to boost morale |
| 打水 | 打水 | dǎshuǐ | - to draw water - to splash water |
| 打法 | 打法 | dǎfǎ | - to play (a card) - to make a move in a game |
| 打洞 | 打洞 | dǎdòng | - to punch a hole - to drill a hole - to dig a hole - to burrow |
| 打消 | 打消 | dǎxiāo | - to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) - to give up on |
| 打混 | 打混 | dǎhùn | - to muddle things up - to goof off - to hang around |
| 打滚 | 打滾 | dǎgǔn | - to roll about |
| 打炮 | 打炮 | dǎpào | - to open fire with artillery - to set off firecrackers - to make one's stage debut - (slang) to have sex - to masturbate |
| 打烊 | 打烊 | dǎyàng | - to close shop in the evening - also pr. [da3 yang2] |
| 打爆 | 打爆 | dǎbào | - 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) |
| 打牌 | 打牌 | dǎpái | - to play mahjong or cards |
| 打狗 | 打狗 | Dǎgǒu | - Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan |
| 打猎 | 打獵 | dǎliè | - to go hunting |
| 打球 | 打球 | dǎqiú | - to play ball - to play with a ball |
| 打理 | 打理 | dǎlǐ | - to take care of - to sort out - to manage - to put in order |
| 打瓜 | 打瓜 | dǎguā | - a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds |
| 打发 | 打發 | dǎfa | - to dispatch sb to do sth - to make sb leave - to pass (the time) - (old) to make arrangements - (old) to bestow (alms etc) |
| 打的 | 打的 | dǎdī | - (coll.) to take a taxi - to go by taxi |
| 打盹 | 打盹 | dǎdǔn | - to doze off - to drop to sleep momentarily - (see also 打瞌睡) |
| 打眼 | 打眼 | dǎyǎn | - to drill or bore a hole - to attract attention - conspicuous |
| 打破 | 打破 | dǎpò | - to break - to smash |
| 打砸 | 打砸 | dǎzá | - to smash up - to vandalize |
| 打碎 | 打碎 | dǎsuì | - to shatter - to smash - to break into pieces |
| 打码 | 打碼 | dǎmǎ | - to pixelate an image - to key in captcha authentication codes |
| 打磨 | 打磨 | dǎmó | - polish - grind |
| 打禅 | 打禪 | dǎchán | - to meditate (of Buddhist) |
| 打谷 | 打穀 | dǎgǔ | - to thresh |
| 打箍 | 打箍 | dǎgū | - to hoop - to put a hoop around sth |
| 打算 | 打算 | dǎsuàn | - to plan - to intend - to calculate - plan - intention - calculation - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 打结 | 打結 | dǎjié | - to tie a knot - to tie |
| 打网 | 打網 | dǎwǎng | - to net sth - to catch sth with a net |
| 打紧 | 打緊 | dǎjǐn | - important |
| 打骂 | 打罵 | dǎmà | - to beat and scold |
| 打翻 | 打翻 | dǎfān | - to overturn - to overthrow - to strike down (an enemy) |
| 打听 | 打聽 | dǎting | - to ask about - to make some inquiries - to ask around |
| 打胎 | 打胎 | dǎtāi | - to have an abortion |
| 打草 | 打草 | dǎcǎo | - to mow grass - hay making - to write a rough draft (of an essay etc) |
| 打兰 | 打蘭 | dǎlán | - dram (1⁄16 ounce) (loanword) |
| 打虫 | 打蟲 | dǎchóng | - to swat an insect - to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs |
| 打蜡 | 打蠟 | dǎlà | - to wax (a car, floor etc) |
| 打制 | 打製 | dǎzhì | - forge |
| 打赌 | 打賭 | dǎdǔ | - to bet - to make a bet - a wager |
| 打赖 | 打賴 | dǎlài | - to deny - to disclaim - to disavow |
| 打趣 | 打趣 | dǎqù | - to make fun of |
| 打跑 | 打跑 | dǎpǎo | - to run off rebuffed - to fend off - (to fight off and make sb) run off |
| 打车 | 打車 | dǎchē | - to take a taxi (in town) - to hitch a lift |
| 打转 | 打轉 | dǎzhuàn | - to spin - to rotate - to revolve |
| 打退 | 打退 | dǎtuì | - to beat back - to repel - to repulse |
| 打通 | 打通 | dǎtōng | - to open access - to establish contact - to remove a block - to put through (a phone connection) |
| 打造 | 打造 | dǎzào | - to create - to build - to develop - to forge (of metal) |
| 打进 | 打進 | dǎjìn | - to breach - to invade |
| 打酒 | 打酒 | dǎjiǔ | - to have a drink |
| 打量 | 打量 | dǎliang | - to size sb up - to look sb up and down - to take the measure of - to suppose - to reckon |
| 打针 | 打針 | dǎzhēn | - to give or have an injection |
| 打钩 | 打鉤 | dǎgōu | - to tick - to check - tick mark - check mark |
| 打错 | 打錯 | dǎcuò | - to err - to dial a wrong number - to make a typo |
| 打表 | 打錶 | dǎbiǎo | - to run the meter (in a taxi) |
| 打铁 | 打鐵 | dǎtiě | - to forge ironware |
| 打镲 | 打鑔 | dǎchǎ | - (dialect) to joke - to make fun of (sb) |
| 打门 | 打門 | dǎmén | - to knock on the door - to take a shot on goal (sports) |
| 打开 | 打開 | dǎkāi | - to open - to show (a ticket) - to turn on - to switch on |
| 打杂 | 打雜 | dǎzá | - to do odd jobs - to do unskilled work |
| 打雷 | 打雷 | dǎléi | - to rumble with thunder - clap of thunder |
| 打靶 | 打靶 | dǎbǎ | - target shooting |
| 打响 | 打響 | dǎxiǎng | - to start shooting or firing - to win an initial success - to succeed (of a plan) |
| 打顿 | 打頓 | dǎdùn | - to pause |
| 打食 | 打食 | dǎshí | - to go in search of food (of animals) - to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets |
| 打斗 | 打鬥 | dǎdòu | - to fight |
| 打鱼 | 打魚 | dǎyú | - to fish |
| 打鸟 | 打鳥 | dǎniǎo | - to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) - to photograph birds |
| 打黑 | 打黑 | dǎhēi | - to crack down on illegal activities - to fight organized crime |
| 打点 | 打點 | dǎdian | - to bribe - to get (luggage) ready - to put in order - to organize things - (baseball) RBI (run batted in) |
| 打鼓 | 打鼓 | dǎgǔ | - to beat a drum - to play a drum - (fig.) to feel nervous |
| 打鼾 | 打鼾 | dǎhān | - to snore |
| 打斋 | 打齋 | dǎzhāi | - to beg for (vegetarian) food |
| 扭打 | 扭打 | niǔdǎ | - to wrestle - to grapple - to scuffle |
| 抽打 | 抽打 | chōudǎ | - to whip - to flog - to thrash |
| 拍打 | 拍打 | pāidǎ | - to slap |
| 拳打 | 拳打 | quándǎ | - to punch |
| 拷打 | 拷打 | kǎodǎ | - to beat - to flog |
| 挨打 | 挨打 | áidǎ | - to take a beating - to get thrashed - to come under attack |
| 捶打 | 捶打 | chuídǎ | - to beat - to pound - to thump |
| 摔打 | 摔打 | shuāida | - to knock - to grasp sth in the hand and beat it - to toughen oneself up |
| 拨打 | 撥打 | bōdǎ | - to call - to dial |
| 扑打 | 撲打 | pūdǎ | - to swat - (of wings) to flap |
| 击打 | 擊打 | jīdǎ | - to beat - to lash |
| 攻打 | 攻打 | gōngdǎ | - to attack (the enemy) |
| 散打 | 散打 | sàndǎ | - mixed martial arts |
| 敲打 | 敲打 | qiāodǎ | - to beat sb - to beat (a drum) |
| 施打 | 施打 | shīdǎ | - to inject (a vaccine etc) |
| 武打 | 武打 | wǔdǎ | - acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance |
| 殴打 | 毆打 | ōudǎ | - to beat up - to come to blows - battery (law) |
| 毒打 | 毒打 | dúdǎ | - beat up - CL:頓|顿[dun4] |
| 激打 | 激打 | jīdǎ | - laser printer - abbr. for 激光打印機|激光打印机[ji1 guang1 da3 yin4 ji1] |
| 猛打 | 猛打 | měngdǎ | - to strike - wham! |
| 痛打 | 痛打 | tòngdǎ | - to beat sb soundly |
| 盲打 | 盲打 | mángdǎ | - to touch-type |
| 自打 | 自打 | zìdǎ | - (coll.) since |
| 苏打 | 蘇打 | sūdá | - soda (loanword) |
| 冲打 | 衝打 | chōngdǎ | - attack - charge |
| 西打 | 西打 | xīdá | - cider (loanword) |
| 责打 | 責打 | zédǎ | - to punish by flogging |
| 轻打 | 輕打 | qīngdǎ | - tap - hit lightly |
| 近打 | 近打 | Jìndǎ | - Kinta valley and river in Perak, Malaysia |
| 追打 | 追打 | zhuīdǎ | - to chase and beat |
| 铁打 | 鐵打 | tiědǎ | - made of iron - strong as iron |
| 开打 | 開打 | kāidǎ | - (of a sports competition or match) to commence - (of a war or battle) to break out - to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) - to brawl - to come to blows |
| 双打 | 雙打 | shuāngdǎ | - doubles (in sports) - CL:場|场[chang3] |
| 电打 | 電打 | diàndǎ | - electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter), abbr. for 電打字機|电打字机 |
| 鞭打 | 鞭打 | biāndǎ | - to whip - to lash - to flog - to thrash |
| 不打紧 | 不打緊 | bùdǎjǐn | - unimportant - not serious - it doesn't matter - never mind |
| 干打垒 | 乾打壘 | gāndǎlěi | - rammed earth - adobe house |
| 五打一 | 五打一 | wǔdǎyī | - to masturbate (slang) |
| 全垒打 | 全壘打 | quánlěidǎ | - home run (baseball) |
| 打下手 | 打下手 | dǎxiàshǒu | - to act in a supporting role - fig. to play second fiddle |
| 打不通 | 打不通 | dǎbutōng | - cannot get through (on phone) |
| 打不过 | 打不過 | dǎbuguò | - unable to defeat - to be no match for sb |
| 打交道 | 打交道 | dǎjiāodào | - to come into contact with - to have dealings |
| 打来回 | 打來回 | dǎláihuí | - to make a round trip - a return journey |
| 打保票 | 打保票 | dǎbǎopiào | - to vouch for - to guarantee |
| 打光棍 | 打光棍 | dǎguānggùn | - to live as bachelor |
| 打前站 | 打前站 | dǎqiánzhàn | - to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc) - (military) to dispatch an advance party |
| 打勾勾 | 打勾勾 | dǎgōugōu | - see 拉鉤|拉钩[la1 gou1] |
| 打包票 | 打包票 | dǎbāopiào | - to vouch for - to guarantee |
| 打印机 | 打印機 | dǎyìnjī | - printer |
| 打印头 | 打印頭 | dǎyìntóu | - print head |
| 打呵欠 | 打呵欠 | dǎhēqiàn | - to yawn |
| 打呼噜 | 打呼嚕 | dǎhūlu | - to snore |
| 打哆嗦 | 打哆嗦 | dǎduōsuo | - to tremble - to shiver (of cold) - to shudder |
| 打哈哈 | 打哈哈 | dǎhāha | - to joke - to laugh insincerely - to make merry - to talk irrelevantly |
| 打哑语 | 打啞語 | dǎyǎyǔ | - to use sign language |
| 打哑谜 | 打啞謎 | dǎyǎmí | - to talk in riddles |
| 打嗝儿 | 打嗝兒 | dǎgér | - erhua variant of 打嗝[da3 ge2] |
| 打嘴巴 | 打嘴巴 | dǎzuǐba | - to slap |
| 打喷嚏 | 打噴嚏 | dǎpēntì | - to sneeze |
| 打嚏喷 | 打嚏噴 | dǎtìpen | - to sneeze |
| 打圆场 | 打圓場 | dǎyuánchǎng | - to help to resolve a dispute - to smooth things over |
| 打地铺 | 打地鋪 | dǎdìpù | - to make one's bed on the floor |
| 打埋伏 | 打埋伏 | dǎmáifu | - to lie in wait - to ambush - to conceal sth |
| 打孔器 | 打孔器 | dǎkǒngqì | - hole puncher |
| 打孔钻 | 打孔鑽 | dǎkǒngzuàn | - auger - drill |
| 打字员 | 打字員 | dǎzìyuán | - typist |
| 打字机 | 打字機 | dǎzìjī | - typewriter |
| 打官司 | 打官司 | dǎguānsi | - to file a lawsuit - to sue - to dispute |
| 打官腔 | 打官腔 | dǎguānqiāng | - to talk officiously - to assume the air of a functionary - to talk in official jargon |
| 打官话 | 打官話 | dǎguānhuà | - to talk officiously - to assume the air of a functionary - to talk in official jargon |
| 打对仗 | 打對仗 | dǎduìzhàng | - to compete |
| 打对台 | 打對台 | dǎduìtái | - to compete - to rival |
| 打屁股 | 打屁股 | dǎpìgu | - to spank sb's bottom |
| 打层次 | 打層次 | dǎcéngcì | - to get one's hair layered |
| 打工仔 | 打工仔 | dǎgōngzǎi | - young worker - employee - young male worker |
| 打工妹 | 打工妹 | dǎgōngmèi | - young female worker |
| 打底裤 | 打底褲 | dǎdǐkù | - leggings |
| 打闷雷 | 打悶雷 | dǎmènléi | - (coll.) to wonder secretly - to make wild conjectures |
| 打手枪 | 打手槍 | dǎshǒuqiāng | - to masturbate |
| 打手语 | 打手語 | dǎshǒuyǔ | - to use sign language |
| 打把势 | 打把勢 | dǎbǎshi | - drill (in sword play) - to thrash around - to demonstrate gymnastic skills - to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) - to show off |
| 打把式 | 打把式 | dǎbǎshi | - variant of 打把勢|打把势[da3 ba3 shi5] |
| 打折扣 | 打折扣 | dǎzhékòu | - to give a discount - to be of less value than anticipated |
| 打拍子 | 打拍子 | dǎpāizi | - to beat time |
| 打招呼 | 打招呼 | dǎzhāohu | - to greet sb by word or action - to give prior notice |
| 打挺儿 | 打挺兒 | dǎtǐngr | - to arch one's body and fling one's head back |
| 打扑克 | 打撲克 | dǎpūkè | - to play cards - to play poker |
| 打擂台 | 打擂臺 | dǎlèitái | - (old) to fight on the leitai - (fig.) to enter a contest |
| 打旋儿 | 打旋兒 | dǎxuánr | - erhua variant of 打旋[da3 xuan2] |
| 打格子 | 打格子 | dǎgézi | - to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland) - to checker |
| 打棍子 | 打棍子 | dǎgùnzi | - to bludgeon - to hit with a big stick |
| 打桩机 | 打樁機 | dǎzhuāngjī | - pile driver (machinery) |
| 打横炮 | 打橫炮 | dǎhéngpào | - speak unwarrantedly |
| 打气筒 | 打氣筒 | dǎqìtǒng | - a bicycle pump |
| 打水漂 | 打水漂 | dǎshuǐpiāo | - to skim stones - to squander - to spend but get nothing in return |
| 打油诗 | 打油詩 | dǎyóushī | - humorous poem - limerick |
| 打游击 | 打游擊 | dǎyóujī | - to fight as a guerilla - (fig.) to live or eat at no fixed place |
| 打火机 | 打火機 | dǎhuǒjī | - lighter - cigarette lighter |
| 打火石 | 打火石 | dǎhuǒshí | - flint |
| 打牙祭 | 打牙祭 | dǎyájì | - to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) |
| 打白条 | 打白條 | dǎbáitiáo | - to write an IOU or promissory note |
| 打盹儿 | 打盹兒 | dǎdǔnr | - erhua variant of 打盹[da3 dun3] |
| 打瞌睡 | 打瞌睡 | dǎkēshuì | - to doze off - to fall asleep - see also 打盹[da3 dun3] |
| 打短儿 | 打短兒 | dǎduǎnr | - casual labor - to work for a bit |
| 打稿子 | 打稿子 | dǎgǎozi | - to produce a draft manuscript |
| 打谷场 | 打穀場 | dǎgǔcháng | - threshing floor |
| 打谷机 | 打穀機 | dǎgǔjī | - threshing machine |
| 打算盘 | 打算盤 | dǎsuànpán | - to compute on the abacus - (fig.) to calculate - to plan - to scheme |
| 打耳光 | 打耳光 | dǎěrguāng | - to slap on the face - to box sb's ears |
| 打胶枪 | 打膠槍 | dǎjiāoqiāng | - sealant gun - glue gun |
| 打蛋器 | 打蛋器 | dǎdànqì | - egg beater |
| 打冲锋 | 打衝鋒 | dǎchōngfēng | - to lead the charge |
| 打赤脚 | 打赤腳 | dǎchìjiǎo | - to bare the feet |
| 打赤膊 | 打赤膊 | dǎchìbó | - to bare one's chest - bare-chested |
| 打跟头 | 打跟頭 | dǎgēntou | - somersault - to turn head over heels - to tumble |
| 打趸儿 | 打躉兒 | dǎdǔnr | - to buy wholesale |
| 打通宵 | 打通宵 | dǎtōngxiāo | - to spend the whole night |
| 打边炉 | 打邊爐 | dǎbiānlú | - (Cantonese) to eat hot pot - hot pot |
| 打边鼓 | 打邊鼓 | dǎbiāngǔ | - to echo what sb said - to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
| 打酱油 | 打醬油 | dǎjiàngyóu | - to buy soy sauce - it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce") |
| 打野战 | 打野戰 | dǎyězhàn | - see 打野炮[da3 ye3 pao4] |
| 打野炮 | 打野炮 | dǎyěpào | - (slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place |
| 打长工 | 打長工 | dǎchánggōng | - to work as long-term hired hand |
| 打长途 | 打長途 | dǎchángtú | - to make a long distance call |
| 打鸡血 | 打雞血 | dǎjīxuè | - lit. to inject chicken blood - (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly) |
| 打雪仗 | 打雪仗 | dǎxuězhàng | - to have a snowball fight |
| 打电话 | 打電話 | dǎdiànhuà | - to make a telephone call |
| 打顿儿 | 打頓兒 | dǎdùnr | - erhua variant of 打頓|打顿[da3 dun4] |
| 打飞机 | 打飛機 | dǎfēijī | - to masturbate (slang) |
| 本垒打 | 本壘打 | běnlěidǎ | - home run (baseball) |
| 武打片 | 武打片 | wǔdǎpiàn | - action movie - kungfu movie |
| 殴打罪 | 毆打罪 | ōudǎzuì | - assault and battery (law) |
| 泡打粉 | 泡打粉 | pàodǎfěn | - baking powder |
| 牺牲打 | 犧牲打 | xīshēngdǎ | - sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball) |
| 短打扮 | 短打扮 | duǎndǎban | - shorts - tight-fitting clothes |
| 精打光 | 精打光 | jīngdǎguāng | - with absolutely nothing - completely broke |
| 苦迭打 | 苦迭打 | kǔdiédǎ | - coup d'état (loanword) |
| 苏打水 | 蘇打水 | sūdáshuǐ | - soda drink (loanword) |
| 苏打粉 | 蘇打粉 | sūdáfěn | - baking soda |
| 兰姆打 | 蘭姆打 | lánmǔdǎ | - lambda (Greek letter Λλ) |
| 跌打药 | 跌打藥 | diēdǎyào | - liniment |
| 近打河 | 近打河 | JìndǎHé | - Kinta River in Perak, Malaysia |
| 一炮打响 | 一炮打響 | yīpàodǎxiǎng | - to win instant success (idiom) - to start off successfully |
| 一网打尽 | 一網打盡 | yīwǎngdǎjìn | - to catch everything in one net (idiom); to eliminate at one stroke - to solve the problem at one fell swoop |
| 不打自招 | 不打自招 | bùdǎzìzhāo | - to confess without being pressed - to make a confession without duress |
| 主打品牌 | 主打品牌 | zhǔdǎpǐnpái | - premium brand - flagship product |
| 乘火打劫 | 乘火打劫 | chénghuǒdǎjié | - to take advantage of sb's misfortune - to loot |
| 亚罗士打 | 亞羅士打 | Yàluóshìdǎ | - Alor Star city, capital of Kedah state in northwest Malaysia |
| 倒打一耙 | 倒打一耙 | dàodǎyīpá | - lit. to strike with a muck-rake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counter-attack - to make bogus accusations (against one's victim) |
| 包打天下 | 包打天下 | bāodǎtiānxià | - to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business - not allow anyone else to have a look in |
| 即付即打 | 即付即打 | jífùjídǎ | - pay as you go |
| 和尚打伞 | 和尚打傘 | héshangdǎsǎn | - lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky - fig. no protection from law (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) or from heaven |
| 哥打巴鲁 | 哥打巴魯 | Gēdǎbālǔ | - Kota Bharu, city in Malaysia on border with Thailand, capital of Kelantan sultanate |
| 乔装打扮 | 喬裝打扮 | qiáozhuāngdǎbàn | - to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit |
| 单打独斗 | 單打獨鬥 | dāndǎdúdòu | - to fight alone (idiom) |
| 严厉打击 | 嚴厲打擊 | yánlìdǎjī | - to strike a severe blow - to crack down - to take strong measures |
| 围城打援 | 圍城打援 | wéichéngdǎyuán | - to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops |
| 宽打窄用 | 寬打窄用 | kuāndǎzhǎiyòng | - to give oneself leeway (idiom) - to allow room for error |
| 小打小闹 | 小打小鬧 | xiǎodǎxiǎonào | - small-scale |
| 小苏打粉 | 小蘇打粉 | xiǎosūdáfěn | - baking soda |
| 手打字机 | 手打字機 | shǒudǎzìjī | - hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter) |
| 打哈哈儿 | 打哈哈兒 | dǎhāhar | - erhua variant of 打哈哈[da3 ha1 ha5] |
| 打家劫舍 | 打家劫舍 | dǎjiājiéshè | - to break into a house for robbery (idiom) |
| 打富济贫 | 打富濟貧 | dǎfùjìpín | - to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom) |
| 打小报告 | 打小報告 | dǎxiǎobàogào | - tattletale - to rat on sb |
| 打小算盘 | 打小算盤 | dǎxiǎosuànpán | - lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly - concerned with petty interests - selfish and uncaring of the interests of others - bean counter |
| 打得火热 | 打得火熱 | dǎdehuǒrè | - to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers) - billing and cooing |
| 打心眼里 | 打心眼裡 | dǎxīnyǎnli | - from the bottom of one's heart - heartily - sincerely |
| 打情骂俏 | 打情罵俏 | dǎqíngmàqiào | - to tease a woman by pretending to be displeased with her - to flirt with a member of the opposite sex - to banter flirtatiously |
| 打成一片 | 打成一片 | dǎchéngyīpiàn | - to merge - to integrate - to become as one - to unify together |
| 打成平手 | 打成平手 | dǎchéngpíngshǒu | - to draw (a competition) - to fight to a standstill |
| 打抱不平 | 打抱不平 | dǎbàobùpíng | - to come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice - to fight for justice - also written 抱打不平[bao4 da3 bu4 ping2] |
| 打拱作揖 | 打拱作揖 | dǎgǒngzuòyī | - to bow respectfully with clasped hands - to beg humbly |
| 打击乐器 | 打擊樂器 | dǎjīyuèqì | - percussion instrument |
| 打狗欺主 | 打狗欺主 | dǎgǒuqīzhǔ | - to beat a dog and bully its owner - fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate |
| 打发时间 | 打發時間 | dǎfāshíjiān | - to pass the time |
| 打翻身仗 | 打翻身仗 | dǎfānshēnzhàng | - to work hard towards a turn-around - to fight to reverse sth |
| 打草惊蛇 | 打草驚蛇 | dǎcǎojīngshé | - lit. beat the grass to scare the snake - to inadvertently alert an enemy - to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom) |
| 打落水狗 | 打落水狗 | dǎluòshuǐgǒu | - lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) - fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy - to hit sb when he's down |
| 打薄剪刀 | 打薄剪刀 | dǎbáojiǎndāo | - thinning scissors |
| 打蛇不死 | 打蛇不死 | dǎshébùsǐ | - beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
| 打制石器 | 打製石器 | dǎzhìshíqì | - a chipped stone (paleolithic) implement |
| 打躬作揖 | 打躬作揖 | dǎgōngzuòyī | - to bow respectfully with clasped hands - to beg humbly |
| 打退堂鼓 | 打退堂鼓 | dátuìtánggǔ | - lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) - fig. to give up - to turn tail |
| 打道回府 | 打道回府 | dǎdàohuífǔ | - to go home (in a ceremonial procession) - to return home |
| 打响名号 | 打響名號 | dǎxiǎngmínghào | - to become well-known |
| 打马虎眼 | 打馬虎眼 | dǎmǎhuyǎn | - to play dumb - to slack off (idiom) |
| 打高尔夫 | 打高爾夫 | dǎgāoěrfū | - to play golf |
| 抱打不平 | 抱打不平 | bàodǎbùpíng | - see 打抱不平[da3 bao4 bu4 ping2] |
| 拳打脚踢 | 拳打腳踢 | quándǎjiǎotī | - lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up - fig. determined to sort out a problem |
| 挨打受气 | 挨打受氣 | áidǎshòuqì | - to suffer bullying and beating (idiom) |
| 挨打受骂 | 挨打受罵 | áidǎshòumà | - to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom) |
| 扫黄打非 | 掃黃打非 | sǎohuángdǎfēi | - to eradicate pornography and illegal publications |
| 插科打诨 | 插科打諢 | chākēdǎhùn | - to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest - buffoonery |
| 摸爬滚打 | 摸爬滾打 | mōpágǔndǎ | - to go through arduous training or hard work |
| 撒科打诨 | 撒科打諢 | sākēdǎhùn | - to intersperse comic dialog (as they do in operas) |
| 敢打敢冲 | 敢打敢衝 | gǎndǎgǎnchōng | - courageous and daring |
| 敲打锣鼓 | 敲打鑼鼓 | qiāodǎluógǔ | - lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb - a provocation |
| 敲敲打打 | 敲敲打打 | qiāoqiāodǎdǎ | - to provoke with words |
| 歪打正着 | 歪打正著 | wāidǎzhèngzháo | - to succeed by a lucky stroke |
| 死缠烂打 | 死纏爛打 | sǐchánlàndǎ | - (coll.) to pester - to harass |
| 沉重打击 | 沉重打擊 | chénzhòngdǎjī | - to hit hard |
| 没精打彩 | 沒精打彩 | méijīngdǎcǎi | - listless - dispirited - washed out |
| 没精打采 | 沒精打采 | méijīngdǎcǎi | - listless - dispirited - washed out - also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩 |
| 渣打银行 | 渣打銀行 | ZhādǎYínháng | - Standard Chartered Bank |
| 满打满算 | 滿打滿算 | mǎndǎmǎnsuàn | - taking everything into account (idiom) - when all is said and done |
| 无精打彩 | 無精打彩 | wújīngdǎcǎi | - dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality - not lively |
| 无精打采 | 無精打采 | wújīngdǎcǎi | - dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless - in low spirits - washed out |
| 稳扎稳打 | 穩扎穩打 | wěnzhāwěndǎ | - to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) - fig. steadily and surely |
| 穿着打扮 | 穿著打扮 | chuānzhuódǎbàn | - style of dress - one's appearance |
| 竹篮打水 | 竹籃打水 | zhúlándǎshuǐ | - using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 精打细算 | 精打細算 | jīngdǎxìsuàn | - meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) |
| 苏打饼干 | 蘇打餅乾 | sūdábǐnggān | - soda biscuit - cracker |
| 误打误撞 | 誤打誤撞 | wùdǎwùzhuàng | - accidentally - to act before thinking |
| 请勿打扰 | 請勿打擾 | qǐngwùdǎrǎo | - please do not disturb |
| 趁火打劫 | 趁火打劫 | chènhuǒdǎjié | - to loot a burning house - to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) |
| 趁热打铁 | 趁熱打鐵 | chènrèdǎtiě | - to strike while the iron is hot |
| 跌打损伤 | 跌打損傷 | diēdǎsǔnshāng | - injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc |
| 迎头打击 | 迎頭打擊 | yíngtóudǎjī | - to hit head on |
| 连踢带打 | 連踢帶打 | liántīdàidǎ | - to kick and beat (idiom) |
| 鸡飞蛋打 | 雞飛蛋打 | jīfēidàndǎ | - the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken - a dead loss (idiom) |
| 零打碎敲 | 零打碎敲 | língdǎsuìqiāo | - to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work |
| 零敲碎打 | 零敲碎打 | língqiāosuìdǎ | - to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work |
| 雷打不动 | 雷打不動 | léidǎbùdòng | - not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable - to adhere rigidly to regulations - will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan) |
| 电打字机 | 電打字機 | diàndǎzìjī | - electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter) |
| 风吹雨打 | 風吹雨打 | fēngchuīyǔdǎ | - lit. windswept and battered by rain - to undergo hardship (idiom) |
| 不打不成器 | 不打不成器 | bùdǎbùchéngqì | - spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) |
| 不打不成才 | 不打不成才 | bùdǎbùchéngcái | - spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) |
| 不打不相识 | 不打不相識 | bùdǎbùxiāngshí | - lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship - no discord, no concord |
| 周瑜打黄盖 | 周瑜打黃蓋 | ZhōuYúdǎHuángGài | - fig. with the connivance of both sides - fig. by mutual consent - cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4] |
| 大炮打蚊子 | 大炮打蚊子 | dàpàodǎwénzi | - cannon fire to hit a mosquito - to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut |
| 张飞打岳飞 | 張飛打岳飛 | ZhāngfēidǎYuèfēi | - lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei - fig. an impossible combination - an impossible turn of events (idiom) |
| 打印服务器 | 打印服務器 | dǎyìnfúwùqì | - print server |
| 打开话匣子 | 打開話匣子 | dǎkāihuàxiázi | - to start talking |
| 打高尔夫球 | 打高爾夫球 | dǎgāoěrfūqiú | - to play golf |
| 打麻雀运动 | 打麻雀運動 | DǎMáquèYùndòng | - the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows |
| 枪打出头鸟 | 槍打出頭鳥 | qiāngdǎchūtóuniǎo | - the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) - nonconformity gets punished |
| 激光打印机 | 激光打印機 | jīguāngdǎyìnjī | - laser printer |
| 激光打引机 | 激光打引機 | jīguāngdǎyǐnjī | - laser printer |
| 网络打印机 | 網絡打印機 | wǎngluòdǎyìnjī | - network printer |
| 肉包子打狗 | 肉包子打狗 | ròubāozǐdǎgǒu | - what's gone can never come back |
| 雷公打豆腐 | 雷公打豆腐 | LéiGōngdǎdòufu | - the God of Thunder strikes bean curd - fig. to bully the weakest person - to pick on an easy target |
| 点阵打印机 | 點陣打印機 | diǎnzhèndǎyìnjī | - dot matrix printer |
| 齐打夯儿地 | 齊打夯兒地 | qídǎhāngrde | - in unison and with one voice (dialect) |
| 不打不成相识 | 不打不成相識 | bùdǎbùchéngxiāngshí | - don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship |
| 打击社会财富 | 打擊社會財富 | dǎjīshèhuìcáifù | - countervalue |
| 打击军事力量 | 打擊軍事力量 | dǎjījūnshìlìliang | - counterforce |
| 打肿脸充胖子 | 打腫臉充胖子 | dǎzhǒngliǎnchōngpàngzi | - lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities |
| 撞击式打印机 | 撞擊式打印機 | zhuàngjīshìdǎyìnjī | - impact printer |
| 点阵式打印机 | 點陣式打印機 | diǎnzhènshìdǎyìnjī | - dot matrix printer |
| 串行点阵打印机 | 串行點陣打印機 | chuànxíngdiǎnzhèndǎyìnjī | - serial dot matrix printer |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | 打開天窗說亮話 | dǎkāitiānchuāngshuōliànghuà | - not to mince words - not to beat about the bush |
| 竹篮打水，一场空 | 竹籃打水，一場空 | zhúlándǎshuǐ,yīchángkōng | - using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | sāntiānbùdǎ,shàngfángjiēwǎ | - three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) - spare the rod, spoil the child |
| 三天打鱼，两天晒网 | 三天打魚，兩天曬網 | sāntiāndǎyú,liǎngtiānshàiwǎng | - lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) - fig. not to persevere in doing sth - to do sth by fits and starts |
| 前门打虎，后门打狼 | 前門打虎，後門打狼 | qiánméndǎhǔ,hòuméndǎláng | - to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another |
| 打蛇不死，后患无穷 | 打蛇不死，後患無窮 | dǎshébùsǐ,hòuhuànwúqióng | - beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
| 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 | 雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺 | LéiGōngdǎdòufu,jiǎnruǎndeqī | - the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person - to pick on an easy target |
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