打电话(dǎ diàn huà): to make a telephone call
to make a telephone call
Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 打电话 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他正在打电话。
tā zhèng zài dǎ diàn huà
He's talking on the telephone.
请给我打电话。
qǐng gěi wǒ dǎ diàn huà
Please give me a call.
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