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打电话 Traditional: 打電話
Pinyin dǎ diànhuà IPA [ta˨˩˦ tjɛn˥˩ xwa˥˩] Zhuyin ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
HSK 1 phrase 短语 Book 1 · Lesson 13 freq #1218

Meaning

To make a phone call — literally "to hit/strike a telephone". It is a separable phrase: 给我打电话 means "give me a call".

Examples

打电话回家! dǎ diàn huà huí jiā Call home!
我在打电话。 wǒ zài dǎ diàn huà I'm on the phone.
请给我打电话。 qǐng gěi wǒ dǎ diàn huà Call me, please.

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