Dictionary/打

打

打 dǎ

ㄉㄚˇ
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1to hit; to strike
2to fight
3(coll.) from; since
4(in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection"

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tā她zài在zhōng wǔ中午dǎ打le了diàn huà电话gěi给wǒ我。
她在中午打了电话给我。
She called me at noon.
请你别再打我电话了。
Please don't call me again.
我要打给我女儿一个电话。
I'm going to call my daughter.