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")
to hit; to strike
to fight
(coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")