Chinese Word Entry
打電話Simplified Chinese form: 打电话
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | dǎ diàn huà |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | daa2 din6 waa2 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 打 | strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen, beat, fight, attack |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄚˇ (dǎ), ㄉㄚˊ (dá) |
| Cantonese: | daa2 |
| Japanese: | ダ (da)、 ダース (da-su)、 テイ (tei) / う.つ (utsu)、 う.ち- (uchi-)、 ぶ.つ (butsu)、 だうす (dausu)、 うち (uchi) |
| Korean: | 타 (ta), 정 (jeong) |
| Vietnamese: | đả |
| 電 | electricity, electric, lightning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn) |
| Cantonese: | din6 |
| Japanese: | デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | điện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 电 |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |