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打

to play (a sport)

打
dǎ3rd tone
Pinyin
dǎ
Strokes
5
In episodes
2

Stroke order for 打

打 is written with 5 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 1. 打橄榄球 = play football; also 打球, 打电话.

Hear 打 in real episodes

打 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

2014年,他打橄榄球。

In 2014, he played football.

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Difficulty

可是九月三十号,有一个人,用这个斧子打人。

But on September 30th, someone used this axe to attack a person.

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