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打电话

Traditional: 打電話

dǎ diàn huà

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 1

dǎ diàn huà · daa2 din6 waa2 (Jyutping)

  1. to make a telephone call

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Character breakdown

打

Meaning
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
Radical
扌
Strokes
5
Components
⿰扌丁
Cangjie
QMN
Four-corner
5102.0

电

Meaning
electricity; electric; lightning
Radical
曰
Strokes
5
Components
⿻曰乚
Cangjie
LWU
Four-corner
5071

话

Meaning
speech, talk, language; dialect
Radical
讠
Strokes
8
Components
⿰讠舌
Cangjie
IVHJR
Four-corner
3276

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