HSK Level 6

拨打

bō dǎ

dial

Mobile & Tablet App

Master with Writing Practice

Practice writing with stroke order guidance, audio pronunciation, and interactive exercises in our mobile app.

Step-by-step stroke order animations

Native speaker audio pronunciation

Interactive writing recognition

Practice Now
Character writing practice in mobile app

Example Sentences

Synonyms

Antonyms

接听 (jiē tīng)

answer

挂断 (guà duàn)

hang up

Etymology & Components

The Chinese word "拨打" (拨 dà, 打 dǎ) is a compound verb that means "to dial" or "to make a phone call." It is composed of two characters: "拨" (拨 dà), which means "to拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨拨