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打 - dǎ

strike, hit, beat; fight; attack. Learn the character inside a sentence before pretending one square is a lesson.

打下 is a common expression.
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打 in a real sentence

打下 is a common expression.

Read 打 inside a short line first. Isolated character memorization is where motivation goes to nap.

01 Hear the sentence Play the full sentence, not only 打. Mandarin sound lives in context.
02 Find the character Spot 打, then read the whole phrase with pinyin and English visible.
03 Recall the meaning Log it for Practice, then try the Hanzi sentence quiz without staring at the page.

Reading supports

Use these after the first listen. Pinyin is scaffolding; English is context; neither should become a sofa.

How to read 打

Click 打 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishstrike, hit, beat; fight; attack
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

打下 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 打中. Please read 打井 one more time.

Common words with this character

to lay; to conquer; to shoot down
to hit
to dig a well
to fight a battle; to go to war

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 打 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 打下 and 打中 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 打.