打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打电话
dǎ diànhuà
to make a phone call
Characters in this word
电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 妈妈在打电话。 Māma zài dǎ diànhuà. Mom is on the phone.
- 我给你打电话。 Wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. I'll call you.
- 我想给爸爸打电话。 Wǒ xiǎng gěi bàba dǎ diànhuà. I want to call Dad.
- 你常给他打电话吗？ Nǐ cháng gěi tā dǎ diànhuà ma? Do you often call him?
- 王明在给谁打电话？ Wáng Míng zài gěi shéi dǎ diànhuà? Whom is Wang Ming calling?
- 别忘记给我打电话。 Bié wàngjì gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà. Don't forget to call me.
- 你怎么不给我打电话？ Nǐ zěnme bù gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà? Why didn't you call me?
- 打电话的时候别开车。 Dǎ diànhuà de shíhou bié kāichē. Don't drive while you're talking on the phone.
- 给老师打电话请假。 Gěi lǎoshī dǎ diànhuà qǐngjià. Call the teacher to ask for leave.
- 我到家就给你打电话。 Wǒ dào jiā jiù gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. I'll call you as soon as I get home.
Related words
- 打 dǎ to hit; to play (a ball game); to make (a call)
- 打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 打球 dǎqiú to play ball
- 打工 dǎgōng to work a temporary job
- 打算 dǎsuàn to plan; plan
- 打印 dǎyìn to print
- 打破 dǎpò to break
- 打听 dǎting to ask around; to find out
- 打 dá a dozen (measure word)
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat
- 打雷 dǎléi to thunder