打电话/打電話 dǎ diànhuà — to make a phone call

Meanings

1. 1

   to make a phone call

   A verb with its object built in: 打 "to strike" plus 电话 "telephone". Because 电话 is already the object, the person called is introduced separately, with 给.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 电/電

  diàn (fourth tone, falling)

  electricity; lightning; a telegram; to give an electric shock

  5 strokesRadical 田
• 话/話

  huà (fourth tone, falling)

  speech, words, what is said; a language or dialect; to talk about

  8 strokes⿰讠舌Radical 言

Example sentences

• 我想打电话问老师。/我想打電話問老師。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling) wèn (fourth tone, falling) lǎoshī. (third tone, dipping)···

  I’d like to ring the teacher and ask.

• 妈妈在打电话。/媽媽在打電話。Māma (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Mum is on the phone.

Similar words

Words containing 电

• 电话/電話diàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)telephone
• 电影/電影diànyǐng (fourth tone, falling)film, movie
• 电视/電視diànshì (fourth tone, falling)television
• 电/電diàn (fourth tone, falling)lightning
• 电脑/電腦diànnǎo (fourth tone, falling)computer
• 电子/電子diàn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)electronic
• 电梯/電梯diàntī (fourth tone, falling)lift, elevator
• 电力/電力diàn (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)electrical power
• 电视台/電視臺diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)television station
• 电池/電池diàn (fourth tone, falling) chí (second tone, rising)battery
• 电子邮件/電子郵件diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn (second tone, rising)email, electronic mail
• 电视剧/電視劇diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) jù (fourth tone, falling)TV series
• 电台/電臺diàn (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)transmitter-receiver
• 电源/電源diàn (fourth tone, falling) yuán (second tone, rising)electric power source
• 闪电/閃電shǎn (third tone, dipping) diàn (fourth tone, falling)lightning
• 来电/來電lái (second tone, rising) diàn (fourth tone, falling)incoming telephone call (or telegram)
• 电视机/電視機diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) jī (first tone, high and level)television set

Words containing 话

• 话/話huà (fourth tone, falling)words, what someone says; speech
• 电话/電話diàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)telephone
• 说话/說話shuōhuà (first tone, high and level)to talk, to speak
• 说实话/說實話shuō (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to speak the truth
• 讲话/講話jiǎng (third tone, dipping) huà (fourth tone, falling)a speech
• 的话/的話de (neutral tone) huà (fourth tone, falling)if (coming after a conditional clause)
• 普通话/普通話pǔtōnghuà (third tone, dipping)Mandarin, standard spoken Chinese
• 话题/話題huà (fourth tone, falling) tí (second tone, rising)subject (of a talk or conversation)
• 一句话/一句話yī (first tone, high and level) jù (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)in a word
• 谈话/談話tán (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to talk (with sb)
• 对话/對話duì (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)dialog
• 实话/實話shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)truth
• 笑话/笑話xiào (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)joke
• 通话/通話tōng (first tone, high and level) huà (fourth tone, falling)to hold a conversation
• 神话/神話shén (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)legend
• 童话/童話tóng (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)children's fairy tales
• 废话/廢話fèi (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)nonsense