打电话 dǎ diàn huà
“to make a telephone call”
verbHSK 1 · 2021 list level 1Traditional 打電話
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
打电话 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 24: 打电话 dǎdiànhuà — Level 1; official annotation 1. PDF page 80
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 打电话
打电话 means "to make a phone call." It is a separable verb-object phrase: you can say 打一个电话, and the person called is usually introduced with 给 before the verb phrase, as in 给妈妈打电话 (打电话给妈妈 is also common).
例句Example sentences
- 我每天给妈妈打电话。wǒ měi tiān gěi mā ma dǎ diàn huà.I call my mom every day.
- 你现在可以打电话吗？nǐ xiàn zài kě yǐ dǎ diàn huà ma?Can you make a phone call now?
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗我打电话他。
✓我给他打电话。
The person called is introduced with 给 before the verb phrase, not placed directly after 打电话.