打
电
话

To make a telephone call in Chinese: 打电话 (dǎ diàn huà)

dǎ diàn huà

to make a telephone call

HSK 1Traditional: 打電話2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to make a telephone call

Stroke order

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打
电
话

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ㄉㄚˇ

dǎ

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄧㄢˋ

diàn

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

打电话

Simplified

打電話

Traditional

Example sentences

See 打电话 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 打电话回家！

    dǎ diàn huà huí jiā！

    Call home!

  • 我在打电话。

    wǒ zài dǎ diàn huà。

    I'm on the phone.

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Related words

打

dǎ

to beat

电

diàn

lightning

话

huà

dialect

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

电视

diàn shì

television

电影

diàn yǐng

movie

说话

shuō huà

to speak

打扫

dǎ sǎo

to clean

打算

dǎ suàn

to plan

电梯

diàn tī

elevator

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

打扮

dǎ ban

to decorate

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