| 打 |
dǎ shí | to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets |
| 打 |
dá | (loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ | 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. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 食 |
shí | to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì | to feed (a person or animal) |