打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call

1. 1.

   to make a telephone callverb

• 打a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings
• 电phone call or telegram etc
• 话spoken words

See it in 我给妈妈打电话, 晚上给我打电话吧 and 他在打电话.

1. HSK 2

   我给妈妈打电话。

   Wǒ gěi māma dǎ diànhuà.

   I call my mom.

2. HSK 2

   晚上给我打电话吧。

   Wǎnshang gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà ba.

   Call me this evening.

3. HSK 1

   他在打电话。

   Tā zài dǎ diànhuà.

   He is making a phone call.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   你爸爸在吗？

   Nǐ bàba zài ma?

   Is your dad here?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   他在打电话。

   Tā zài dǎ diànhuà.

   He is making a phone call.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   好，晚上给我打电话吧。

   Hǎo, wǎnshang gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà ba.

   OK, call me this evening.

4. 
   Speaker B:

   好的。

   Hǎo de.

   Sure.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: 我给妈妈___。 (I call my mom.)

   A打电话B吃饭C睡觉
2. 2.What does 他在打电话。 mean?

   AHe is making a phone call.BHe is reading a book.CHe is sleeping.
3. 3.Fill in the blank: 晚上给我___吧。 (Call me this evening.)

   A打电话B睡觉C高兴

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Related words

• 电话diàn huàtelephoneHSK 1
• 说话shuō huàto talkHSK 1
• 电影diàn yǐngmovieHSK 1
• 电脑diàn nǎocomputerHSK 1
• 电视diàn shìtelevision; TVHSK 1
• 打dǎto hit; to strikeHSK 2

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