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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
trad. (打電話)		打	電話
simp. (打电话)		打	电话

Verb

打電話

to make a telephone call

Synonyms

(honorific) 致電／致电 (zhìdiàn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dǎdiànhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-thien-fa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎdiànhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadiannhuah
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎdiànhuàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadiannhuall
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xwɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
  - Yale: dá dihn wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² din⁶ waa^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑː³⁵ tiːn²² wɑː²²⁻³⁵/
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/