Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese

打 =手 + 丁. It originally meant “hammer a nail into a plank”, and its meaning was extended widely. In modern Chinese, 打 has many different collocations such as 打理，打包，打听，打扮, 打算,  打游戏，打球，打电话，打车，etc. Continue reading “Collocations of 打: 你会“打”什么？”