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打电话

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
打电话 dǎdiànhuà	打电话 \| 打电话* \| *打电话	to make a telephone call	打電話 HSK 1

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
打	打 \| 打* \| *打	5画手扌 + 2	dǎ, dá	strike, hit, beat; fight; attack	daa1, daa2	5102.0 QMN


电	电 \| 电* \| *电	5画田由甲申 + 0	diàn	electricity; electric; lightning	din6	電 5071 LWU


话	话 \| 话* \| *话	8画讠 + 6	huà	speech, talk, language; dialect	waa2, waa6	話 3276 IVHJR

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Simplified		English Definition
打电话 dǎdiànhuà	打电话 \| 打电话* \| *打电话	to make a telephone call


打 dá	打 \| 打* \| *打	(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]


打 dǎ	打 \| 打* \| *打	a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then")


电　diàn	电 \| 电* \| *电	lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc


电话　diànhuà	电话 \| 电话* \| *电话	telephone / CL: 部 / phone call / CL: 通 / phone number


话　　huà	话 \| 话* \| *话	dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種｜种, 席, 句, 口, 番


话　　huà	话 \| 话* \| *话	old variant of 話｜话

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