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打电话

dǎ diàn huà

HSK 1 3-character word Traditional 打電話

What 打电话 means

1. to make a telephone call

The characters in 打电话

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 打电话。
  Make a call.
• 我在打电话。
  I'm on the phone.
• 给我打电话。
  Call me.
• 打电话回家！
  Call home!
• 打电话回家。
  Ring home.
• 我打电话给他。
  I gave him a call.