打電話

See also: 打电话

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	telephone; phone
trad. (打電話)		打	電話
simp. (打电话)		打	电话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎ diànhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daa² din⁶ waa^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): a² en⁵ va^5*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá thien-fa
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tan ⁶di-gho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ diànhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ diànhuà
  - Wade–Giles: ta³ tien⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: dǎ dyàn-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa diannhuah
  - Palladius: да дяньхуа (da djanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎdiànhuàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎdiànhuàr
  - Wade–Giles: ta³-tien⁴-hua⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dǎ-dyàn-hwàr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadiannhuall
  - Palladius: дадяньхуар (dadjanʹxuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
  - Yale: dá dihn wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² din⁶ wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tiːn²² waː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: a² en⁵ va^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁵ en³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá thien-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ tien fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: da³ tian⁴ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tan ⁶di-gho
  - MiniDict: tan^平 di^去 gho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tan ³di-hho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tã⁴⁴ di²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Verb

打⫽電話 (verb-object)

to make a telephone call
打電話給他看看。 [MSC, trad.]
打电话给他看看。 [MSC, simp.]
Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn. [Pinyin]
Try calling him.

唔該你叫佢打返電話畀我。 [Cantonese, trad.]
唔该你叫佢打返电话畀我。 [Cantonese, simp.]
m⁴ goi¹ nei⁵ giu³ keoi⁵ daa² faan¹ din⁶ waa^6-2 bei² ngo⁵. [Jyutping]
Please tell him to call me back.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打電話 (“to make a telephone call”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打電話, 致電
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打電話
	Taiwan	打電話
	Langfang	打電話
	Chifeng	打電話
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	打電話
	Harbin	打電話
	Shenyang	打電話
	Malaysia	打電話
	Singapore	打電話
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	打電話兒
	Tangshan	打電話兒, 打電話
	Cangzhou	打電話兒, 打電話
	Baoding	打電話
	Shijiazhuang	打電話
	Jinan	打電話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	打電話
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	打電話兒
	Zhengzhou	打電話
	Xi'an	打電話
	Xining	打電話
	Xuzhou	打電話
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打電話, 掛電話
	Lanzhou	打電話, 掛電話
	Ürümqi	打電話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打電話
	Chongqing	打電話
	Wuhan	打電話
	Guiyang	打電話
	Kunming	打電話
	Guilin	打電話
	Liuzhou	打電話, 掛電話
	Dagudi (Maliba)	打電話
	Reshuitang (Longling)	打電話
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	打電話
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	打電話
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打電話
	Yangzhou	打電話
	Nantong	打電話
	Hefei	打電話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打電話, 撥個輪
	Hong Kong	打電話, 撥個輪 dated, 𢪎個輪 dated
	Taishan	打電話, 打喊線 dated
	Rongxian	打電話
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	打電話
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	打電話
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	打電話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打電話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	打電話
	Móng Cái	打電話
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	打電話
	Betong (Rongxian)	打電話
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打電話
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打電話
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	敲電話
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打電話
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打電話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打電話
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打電話
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打電話
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打電話
	Kuching (Hepo)	打電話
Huizhou	Shexian	打電話
Jin	Taiyuan	打電話
	Xinzhou	打電話
	Linhe	打電話
	Jining	打電話
	Hohhot	打電話
	Zhangjiakou	打電話
	Handan	打電話
Eastern Min	Sitiawan (Gutian)	拍電話
Southern Min	Xiamen	敲電話, 拍電話
	Quanzhou	敲電話, 拍電話
	Zhangzhou	敲電話, 拍電話
	Zhao'an	拍電話
	Kaohsiung	拍電話
	Yilan	敲電話
	Changhua (Lukang)	敲電話
	Taichung	敲電話
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍電話
	Tainan	摃電話, 敲電話
	Taitung	敲電話
	Hsinchu	敲電話
	Penghu (Magong)	摃電話
	Penang (Hokkien)	敲電
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敲電話, 敲電
	Manila (Hokkien)	敲電話, 拍電話
	Chaozhou	拍電話, 拍電
	Shantou	拍電話
	Jieyang	拍電話, 拍電
	Haifeng	拍電話, 敲電話
	Bangkok (Teochew)	拍電話
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	敲電話
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	拍電話
	Singapore (Teochew)	敲電話, 敲電
	Wenchang	拍電話
	Singapore (Hainanese)	拍電話
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拍電話
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	拍電話
Wu	Shanghai	打電話