1. (loanword) dozen
2. Taiwan pr. dǎ

1. 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 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
2. to hit; to strike
3. to fight
4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")

classifiers: 個, 隻