How to say “make a phone call” in Chinese
make a phone call
“Make a phone call” in Chinese is 打电话, dǎ diàn huà: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
打电话 is read dǎ diàn huà: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 扌 “hand”.
Originally a picture of lightning.
On the left, 讠 “speech”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “打电话”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 打电话. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我晚上给你打电话。wǒwǎnshanggěinǐdǎdiànhuàI’ll call you this evening.
- 他正在打电话tāzhèngzàidǎdiànhuàHe’s on the phone right now.
- 开完会2我给你打电话kāiwánhuìwǒgěinǐdǎdiànhuàI'll call you after the meeting.
- 你怎么还没给客服打电话？nǐzěnmeháiméigěikèfúdǎdiànhuàWhy haven't you called support yet?
- 快打电话叫救护车kuàidǎdiànhuàjiàojiùhùchēQuick, phone for an ambulance!
- 有问题可以随时给我打电话yǒuwèntíkěyǐsuíshígěiwǒdǎdiànhuàIf you have any questions, call me any time.
More words from the lesson “Hello?”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “make a phone call” in Chinese?
“Make a phone call” in Chinese is 打电话, pinyin dǎ diànhuà.
What does 打电话 mean?
打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) means “make a phone call”.
How do you write 打电话?
打电话 is 3 characters: 打 (dǎ) — hit, strike; 电 (diàn) — electricity; 话 (huà) — speech, words. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 打电话?
打电话 is read dǎ diànhuà. Tones: dǎ — third tone, diàn — fourth tone, huà — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.
“make a phone call” in the lesson “Hello?”
This word is from the topic “Study, work and free time” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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