致電

致電

See also: 致电

Chinese

		to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (致電)		致	電
simp. (致电)		致	电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìdiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ din⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tì-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhìdiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhdiann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ din⁶
    • Yale: ji dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ din⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ tiːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: tì-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: die'dien
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɛn³³/

Verb

致電

1. to send a telegraph to
2. (formal) to call by telephone

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