a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")
to hit; to strike
to fight
Examples
一打铅笔
yì dá qiānbǐ
a dozen pencils
两打毛巾。［英 dozen］另见232页dǎ。
liǎng dá máojīn. [yīng dozen] lìng jiàn 232 yè dǎ.
two dozen towels. [English: dozen] See also dǎ on page 232.