打电话

• 拼音: dǎ diàn huà
• 汉字拆解: 打 (make, do) + 电 (electric) + 话 (speech) — to make an electric speech, i.e. a phone call

含义

To make a phone call; to call someone on the phone.

A verb-object compound that is the standard way to say 'make a phone call'. Can be separated by other elements: 打个电话 (make a call), 打了一个电话 (made a call). Use 给 to indicate the recipient: 给妈妈打电话 (call Mom). Despite the rise of messaging, this phrase is still used daily.

例句

1. 我给妈妈打电话了。
2. 你能打个电话给他吗？
3. 她在打电话。

用法指南

语境: communication, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我待会儿给你打电话。(I'll call you later.)
• 谁打的电话？(Who called?)

错误说法

• 打电话你 to mean 'call you' (Use 给你打电话 — the recipient needs 给 before their name)

起源与历史

Compound of 打 (to make, to do) + 电话 (telephone). The verb 打 is used in its extended sense of 'to make' or 'to do', similar to English 'make a call'.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal