打電話

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; telephone call
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, Jyutping): daa² din⁶ waa^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): a² en⁵ va^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá thien-fa
• Wu (Wiktionary): tan (T1) + di hho (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎ diànhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa diannhuah
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎdiànhuàr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadiannhuall
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xwɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
    • Yale: dá dihn wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² din⁶ wa²
    • IPA ^(key): /täː³⁵ tiːn²² wäː²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: a² en⁵ va^5*
    • IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁵ en³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá thien-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: da` tien fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ tian⁴ fa⁴
    • IPA: /ta³¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tan (T1) + di hho (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /tã⁴⁴  d̻i²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Verb

打電話

1. to make a telephone call

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打電話 (“to make a telephone call”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		致電
Mandarin	Beijing	打電話
	Taiwan	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
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打電話
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	打電話
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	打電話
	Dongshi (Dabu)	打電話
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	打電話
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	打電話
Min Nan	Xiamen	敲電話, 拍電話
	Quanzhou	敲電話, 拍電話
	Zhangzhou	敲電話, 拍電話
	Taipei	敲電話
	Kaohsiung	拍電話
	Tainan	摃電話
	Taichung	敲電話
	Wuqi	拍電話
	Hsinchu	敲電話
	Taitung	敲電話
	Lukang	敲電話
	Yilan	敲電話, 拍電話, 摃電話
	Magong	摃電話
	Penang	敲電
	Philippines (Manila)	敲電話
	Chaozhou	拍電話
Wu	Shanghai	打電話