打电话 (dǎdiànhuà) means Makes a phone call. Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
驾驶时不要 打电话 。
Jiàshǐ shí bùyào dǎ diànhuà.
Do not use the phone while driving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 驾驶
他 打电话 询问价格。
Tā dǎ diànhuà xúnwèn jiàgé.
He phoned to ask about the price.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 询问
开车 打电话 非常危险。
Kāi chē dǎ diànhuà fēicháng wēixiǎn.
Phoning while driving is extremely dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 危险
他每天给老婆 打电话 。
Tā měi tiān gěi lǎopó dǎ diànhuà.
He calls his wife every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老婆
他 打电话 来催我们出发。
Tā dǎ diànhuà lái cuī wǒmen chūfā.
He rang to hurry us into setting off.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 催
有问题可以 打电话 咨询。
Yǒu wèntí kěyǐ dǎ diànhuà zīxún.
You can call for advice if you have questions.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 咨询
必要的时候请给我 打电话 。
Bìyào de shíhou qǐng gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.
Please call me when it is necessary.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 必要
会议结束以后我给你 打电话 。
Huìyì jiéshù yǐhòu wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.
I'll call you after the meeting ends.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 会议
他刚走，你可以给他 打电话 。
Tā gāng zǒu, nǐ kěyǐ gěi tā dǎ diànhuà.
He just left; you can call him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 刚
要是有问题，请给我 打电话 。
Yàoshi yǒu wèntí, qǐng gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.
If there is a problem, please call me.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 要是
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From the graded readers
她给我 打电话 ，我没接。
tā gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà, wǒ méi jiē.
She rang me and I didn't pick up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
昨天晚上九点，妈妈给我 打电话 。
zuótiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.
At nine last night my mum called me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
可是今天早上，他们 打电话 来了。
kěshì jīntiān zǎoshang, tāmen dǎdiànhuà lái le / liǎo / liào.
But this morning they rang.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
我用电脑给自己 打电话 ，可是没有人接。
wǒ yòng diànnǎo gěi zìjǐ dǎdiànhuà, kěshì méiyǒu rén jiē.
I rang my own number from the computer, but nobody picked up.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
早上我给妈妈 打电话 ，她只说了几句话就挂了。
zǎoshang wǒ gěi māma dǎdiànhuà, tā zhī shuōle jǐ / jī jù huà jiù guà le / liǎo / liào.
In the morning I rang my mum; she said a couple of words and hung up.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我给她 打电话 的时候，她说这封信她写了两次。
wǒ gěi tā dǎdiànhuà de / dì shíhou, tā shuō zhè / zhèi fēng xìn tā xiěle liǎngcì.
When I rang her, she said she'd written the letter twice.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
Questions about 打电话
How is 打电话 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 打电话 (dǎdiànhuà, "Makes a phone call"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 打电话 an HSK word?
Yes — 打电话 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
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