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= d + a2
dozen (loanword)
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= d + a3
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
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How to pronounce 打

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

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+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

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= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a3 final

In the ashram’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

打 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dīng = di + (e)ng1
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
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shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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Characters with 打 as component

= d + a1
da! (sound used to move animals along)
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Words with 打

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to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
to break / to smash
to break; to smash

Sentences with 打

zhè
me
duō
bīng
jiàng
 
 
jìng
rán
bu
guò
yāo
hóu

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