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")

1. to cover
2. to wrap
3. to hold
4. to include
5. to take charge of
6. to contract (to or for)
7. package
8. wrapper
9. container
10. bag
11. to hold or embrace
12. bundle
13. packet

classifiers: 個, 隻