| 拍 |
pāi da | to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings) |
| 拍 |
pāi | to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) |
| 打 |
dá | (loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ | to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide 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" / (coll.) from; since |