他正打电话呢。
Tā zhèng dǎ diànhuà ne.
English
He is making a phone call.
打
from; starting from
prepositionHSK 3.0 word list · Band 7
Dictionary entry
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")
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打
Nice writing!
See it in sentences
他去打水了。
Tā qù dǎ shuǐ le.
English
He went to fetch water.
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