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打

dá · da/dǎ · da

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Meaning

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dá 打

  1. dozen (loanword)

dǎ 打

  1. to beat
  2. to strike
  3. to hit
  4. to break
  5. to type
  6. to mix up
  7. to build
  8. to fight
  9. to fetch
  10. to make
  11. to tie up
  12. to issue
  13. to shoot
  14. to calculate
  15. to play (a game)
  16. since
  17. from
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Where is Qiqi?

  1. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)天气(tiānqì)好(hǎo)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)打(dǎ)羽毛球(yǔmáoqiú)吧(ba)！

    The weather is nice today. Let's go play badminton!

  2. Dengdeng

    好啊(hǎoa)！我(wǒ)打电话(dǎdiànhuà)叫(jiào)琦琦(qíqí)。

    Sure! I'll call Qiqi.

  3. Liangliang

    她(tā)接电话(jiēdiànhuà)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did she pick up?

  4. Dengdeng

    打(dǎ)了(le)三次(sāncì)，没人(méirén)接(jiē)。

    I called three times. Nobody answered.

  5. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)打(dǎ)了(le)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)球(qiú)了(le)！

    Where are you? I've been playing for an hour already!

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In a sentence

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01

快(kuài)点(diǎn)写(xiě)完(wán)你(nǐ)的(de)作(zuò)业(yè)，我(wǒ)们(men)好(hǎo)去(qù)打(dǎ)游(yóu)戏(xì)机(jī)。

Finish your homework faster, so that we can play video games.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by migl · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)下(xià)午(wǔ)都(dōu)打(dǎ)篮(lán)球(qiú)。

He plays basketball every afternoon.

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