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打电话 (dǎ diàn huà): to make a phone call

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 1verb-object phrase

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to make a phone call
Characters: 3
Part of speech: verb-object phrase
HSK level: HSK 1

Full definitions

to make a telephone call
to make a telephone call
to phone
to call

Chinese explanation

用手拨号或按键，通过电话与别人通话
泛指使用电话联系别人。

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Character breakdown

HSK 7

(loanword) dozen

HSK 3

lightning

dialect

Example sentences

I call my mother every day.

Please call me, okay?

He is making a phone call in the room.

Can you make a phone call now?

It is dangerous for him to make phone calls while driving.

Did you call to inform him?

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