Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Draw a character Search 4289 entries, showing the closest 20. dǎ, dá 打 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|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate") dà 大 big dá 达 to attain dá 達 to attain dá, dā 答 to answer dā 搭 to put up dá 鞑 Tartar dá 韃 Tartar dā 嗒 used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc dā 哒 (phonetic) dā 噠 (phonetic) tà, dá 沓 again and again dá 剳 hook dá 怛 distressed dā 跶 to stumble dā 躂 to stumble dá 笪 rough bamboo mat dá 羍 little lamb dá 靼 (phonetic) dā 褡 pouch