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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

Verb

致電

to send a telegraph to
(usually honorific) to call by telephone

Synonyms

打電話／打电话 (dǎdiànhuà)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhìdiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ din⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tì-tiān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ tiːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: tì-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: die'dien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ tiɛn²²/