View source for 打發

{{also|打发}}
==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=打发}}

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=dǎfa
|c=daa2 faat3
|h=pfs=tá-fat
|mn=táⁿ-hoat
|cat=v
}}

===Verb===
{{zh-verb}}

# to [[send]] {{gl|on an [[errand]], [[mission]], etc.}}; to [[dispatch]]; to [[deploy]]
# to [[dismiss]]; to [[send]] [[away]]
# to [[while away]] {{gl|one's time}}
#: {{zh-x|打發{fa} 時間|to [[kill time]]}}
# to [[arrange]]
# to [[marry off]] a [[daughter]]
# {{lb|zh|literary}} to [[hand out]]; to [[hand over]] {{gl|money, items, project, etc.}}
# to [[whip]]
#: {{zh-x|打發 蛋白|to whip the [[egg white]]}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|to send}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|派遣}}
* {{sense|to while away}} {{zh-l|消磨}}, {{zh-l|消遣}}
* {{sense|to arrange}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|安置}}
* {{sense|to marry off a daughter}} {{zh-l|嫁女}}
* {{sense|to hand out}} {{zh-l|發付}}

{{cat|cmn|Advanced Mandarin}}
{{C|zh|Marriage}}