打电话

Character by character

• 打dǎ5 strokesHSK 1strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
• 电diàn5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 電electricity; electric; lightning
• 话huà8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 話speech, talk, language; dialect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 打电话。

  Dǎ diàn huà

  Make a call.

  Listen

• 我在打电话。

  Wǒ zài dǎ diàn huà

  I'm on the phone.

  Listen

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 打电话. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 打dǎHSK 1

  to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from

• 话huàHSK 1

  dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said

• 电话diàn huàHSK 1

  telephone; phone call; phone number

• 电影diàn yǐngHSK 1

  movie; film

• 电视diàn shìHSK 1

  television; TV

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 电脑diàn nǎoHSK 1

  computer

• 电diànHSK 1

  lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 打算dǎ suànHSK 2

  to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 电子diàn zǐ

  electronic; electron (particle physics)

• 打击dǎ jīHSK 5

  to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)

• 讲话jiǎng huàHSK 2

  a speech; to speak; to talk; to address

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 话题huà tíHSK 3

  subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

• 一句话yī jù huàHSK 5

  in a word; in short

• 谈话tán huàHSK 3

  to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation

• 打破dǎ pòHSK 3

  to break; to smash

• 对话duì huàHSK 2

  to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

• 电力diàn lìHSK 6

  electrical power; electricity

• 电梯diàn tīHSK 4

  elevator; escalator

• 电视台diàn shì táiHSK 3

  television station

• 电池diàn chíHSK 5

  battery