Chinese

打電話

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
to make a telephone call
  • TOCFL 1
  • 打电话

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  • characterChinese打 “to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat”
    • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
    • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
  • characterChinese電 “lightning”
    • meaningChinese雨 “rain (Classifier: 陣／阵; 場／场)”
    • soundChinese申 “original form of 電／电 (diàn, “lightning”)”
  • characterChinese話 “words; talk; what somebody says (Classifier: 句 m mn)”
    • meaningChinese言 “to say; to speak; to talk”
    • soundChinese𠯑 “to block the mouth”

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