「打」

Entry #1
Pronunciation： daa2
Part of Speech： verb
Explanation：
  • to hit; to strike; to knock; to shoot; to beat
    (Cant.) 打daa2鼓gu2
    (Eng.) to beat a drum
    (Cant.) 打靶daa2 baa2
    (Eng.) to shoot at a target; target practice
    (Cant.) 打daa2拍paak3子zi2
    (Eng.) to beat (to make rhythmic sounds)
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5打daa2我ngo5。
    (Eng.) He hit me.

  • for two or more parties to attack each other or engage in combat
    (Cant.) 打交daa2 gaau1
    (Eng.) to get in or be in a fight
    (Cant.) 打仗daa2 zoeng3
    (Eng.) to be at war
    (Cant.) 打擂台daa2 leoi4 toi4
    (Eng.) to fight in the ring; to take up the challenge
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5哋dei6兩loeng5個go3嗌aai3交gaau1，然jin4後hau6打daa2起hei2上soeng5嚟lai4。
    (Eng.) They had a quarrel and then started fighting each other.
    (Cant.) 金gam1正zing3恩jan1真zan1係hai6會wui5同tung4南naam4韓hon4打daa2咩me1？
    (Eng.) Will Kim Jong-un really start a war with South Korea?

  • to compete with; to fight against; to go up against
    (Cant.) 打官司daa2 gun1 si1
    (Eng.) to engage in a lawsuit
    (Cant.) 打比賽daa2 bei2 coi3
    (Eng.) to enter a contest
    (Cant.) 打daa2選syun2戰zin3
    (Eng.) to go on an electoral campaign

  • to play games or ball sports
    (Cant.) 打daa2排paai4球kau4
    (Eng.) to play volleyball
    (Cant.) 打daa2保bou2齡ling4
    (Eng.) to play bowling
    (Cant.) 打daa2橋kiu4牌paai2
    (Eng.) to play bridge
    (Cant.) 打麻雀daa2 maa4 zoek2
    (Eng.) to play mahjong
    (Cant.) 打機daa2 gei1
    (Eng.) to play video games

  • to whisk; to beat
    (Cant.) 打蛋daa2 daan2
    (Eng.) to whisk an egg; to beat an egg

  • to press keys or push buttons; to control a device by pushing buttons
    (Cant.) 打字daa2 zi6
    (Eng.) to type
    (Cant.) 打電話daa2 din6 waa2
    (Eng.) to make a phone call
    (Cant.) 打daa2俾bei2人jan4
    (Eng.) to call somebody on the phone
    (Cant.) 我ngo5幫bong1老lou5闆baan2打daa2緊gan2封fung1信seon3。
    (Eng.) I'm typing up a letter for my boss.

  • to inject; to load; to fill with
    (Cant.) 打氣daa2 hei3
    (Eng.) to pump air into something
    (Cant.) 打簿daa2 bou2
    (Eng.) to update a passbook (to load new records into a passbook)
    (Cant.) 打蠟daa2 laap6
    (Eng.) to apply wax
    (Cant.) 打光daa2 gwong1
    (Eng.) lighting setup for video taking or photography
    (Cant.) 我ngo5噚cam4日jat6打daa2咗zo2支zi1針zam1。
    (Eng.) I had an injection yesterday.

  • to tie; to knot
    (Cant.) 打結daa2 git3
    (Cant.) 打纈daa2 lit3
    (Eng.) to tie a knot
    (Cant.) 咁gam3大daai6個go3人jan4，連lin4呔taai1都dou1唔m4識sik1打daa2。
    (Eng.) He's all grown up and still doesn't know how to put on a tie!

  • to mark (typically with an X); to "check off"
    (Cant.) 喺hai2格gaak2入jap6面min6打daa2個go3交gaau1叉caa1。
    (Eng.) Mark that box (i.e. on a form) with an X.

  • to get; to seize; to strengthen one's hold (sometimes by force)
    (Cant.) 打江山daa2 gong1 saan1
    (Eng.) to fight one's way to power and influence; to carve out a territory or a sphere of influence or control
    (Cant.) 打daa2好hou2基gei1礎co2
    (Eng.) to lay down a proper foundation in something

  • to catch; to hunt
    (Cant.) 打獵daa2 lip6
    (Eng.) to hunt
    (Cant.) 打魚daa2 jyu2
    (Eng.) to fish

  • to work; to strive
    (Cant.) 打工daa2 gung1
    (Eng.) to work
    (Cant.) 打雜daa2 zaap2
    (Eng.) menial workers
    (Cant.) 打拼daa2 ping3
    (Eng.) to work hard (especially at work or in business)
    (Cant.) 好hou2打daa2得dak1
    (Eng.) being capable
    (Cant.) 東家唔打打西家dung1 gaa1 m4 daa2 daa2 sai1 gaa1
    (Eng.) Jobs can always be found somewhere.

  • to undergo certain involuntary bodily functions
    (Cant.) 打乞嗤daa2 hat1 ci1
    (Eng.) to sneeze
    (Cant.) 打喊路daa2 haam3 lou6
    (Eng.) to yawn
    (Cant.) 打冷震daa2 laang5 zan3
    (Eng.) to shiver
    (Cant.) 打思噎daa2 si1 ik1
    (Eng.) to hiccup

  • to think; to concentrate
    (Cant.) 打主意daa2 zyu2 ji3
    (Eng.) to think of an idea
    (Cant.) 打醒十二分精神daa2 seng2 sap6 ji6 fan1 zing1 san4
    (Eng.) to pay close attention

  • to convey a message through movements and gestures
    (Cant.) 打daa2手sau2語jyu6
    (Eng.) to sign
    (Cant.) 打daa2手sau2勢sai3
    (Eng.) to make hand gestures to signal
    (Cant.) 打daa2眼ngaan5色sik1
    (Eng.) to wink at someone to signal
    (Cant.) 打燈daa2 dang1
    (Eng.) to turn on the turn signal (of a vehicle)

  • to count
    (Cant.) 打折daa2 zit3
    (Eng.) to give a discount
    (Cant.) 條tiu4數sou3打daa2咗zo2啦laa1。
    (Eng.) The transaction has been counted.

  • used together with a direction like 「橫」、「直」、「側」、「棟」, meaning to move or place an object in that direction
    (Cant.) 打daa2側zak1嚟lai4瞓fan3
    (Eng.) to sleep sideways
    (Cant.) 個go3結git3他taa1要jiu3打daa2棟dung6擺baai2。
    (Eng.) The guitar must be placed upright.

  • see 邊個打邊個

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「打」

Entry #2
Pronunciation： daa1
Part of Speech： quantifier
Explanation：
dozen
(Cant.) 佢keoi5買maai5咗zo2一jat1打daa1蘋ping4果gwo2。
(Eng.) He bought a dozen apples.
See also： 籮
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