What 打电话 means
- Makes a phone call
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Questions about 打电话
What does 打电话 mean in English?
打电话 is pronounced dǎdiànhuà and means Makes a phone call.
How do you pronounce 打电话?
打电话 is dǎdiànhuà in pinyin — written dadianhua without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 打电话?
打电话 is written with 3 characters: 打 (dǎ / dá) Hit (beat - break - make); Dozen, 电 (diàn) Electrical (electricity), 话 (huà) Words (speech - talk). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 打电话 written in traditional Chinese?
打電話. The simplified form 打电话 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 打電話 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dǎdiànhuà.
Is 打电话 an HSK word?
Yes — 打电话 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
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