打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) — "to make a phone call" in Chinese

HSK 1

打电话

To make a phone call

Character composition

打

to make (a call)

电话

telephone; phone call

Radicals / Keys

手

Hand

#64 · shǒu · 4 strokes

田

Field

#102 · tián · 5 strokes

言

Speech

#149 · yán · 7 strokes

Collocations

给妈妈打电话

gěi māma dǎ diànhuà

call mom

打电话给朋友

dǎ diànhuà gěi péngyou

call a friend

Examples

现在我打电话给妈妈，妈妈在北京，我很高兴。

Now I'm calling my mother, she is in Beijing, I am very happy.

我打电话

I make a phone call.

Mnemonic

[dǎ diànhuà-] Darth Vader receives a mysterious glowing phone! 📱 The phone lights up, drawing a dramatic line 打 with a lightsaber, indicating how to 打电话 "make a call." Impressed by the Force in the device, Darth Vader chuckles and decides to call the Emperor with his newfound galactic gadget!

Writing

Frequently asked questions

How to say make a phone call in Chinese?

"to make a phone call" in Chinese is 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà).

打电话 meaning

打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) means "To make a phone call".

How is 打电话 pronounced?

It is pronounced dǎ diànhuà (written as da dianhua, dadianhua). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.

How do you write "to make a phone call" in Chinese characters?

It is written 打电话: 打 has 5 strokes, 电 has 5 strokes, 话 has 8 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.