打电话 dǎdiànhuà▶ menelepon

Stroke order

打电话 is written in 18 strokes across 3 characters.

• 打 — 5 strokes
• 电 — 5 strokes
• 话 — 8 strokes

Example sentences

• 我想打电话。Wǒ xiǎng dǎdiànhuà.I want to make a phone call.
• 妈妈在打电话。Māma zài dǎdiànhuà.Mum is on the phone.

Related words

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• 电脑komputer
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• 打篮球bermain basket
• 打扫Bersih; membersihkan

打电话 is pronounced dǎdiànhuà and means “menelepon”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 打电话 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.