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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 44

给我打电话Call me

Gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà

Say who you'll call with 给…打电话, talk about going online and online friends, and turn on a computer.

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给我打电话— Call me

  1. 小白朋péng月yuè, 给gěi我wǒ打dǎ电diàn话huà吧ba.Peng Yue, call me.
  2. 朋月好hǎo. 你nǐ在zài网wǎng上shàng吗ma?OK. Are you online?
  3. 小白我wǒ在zài. 我wǒ的de网wǎng友yǒu也yě在zài.Yes. My online friend is too.
  4. 朋月我wǒ现xiàn在zài打dǎ开kāi电diàn脑nǎo.Opening my computer now.
  5. 小白太tài好hǎo了le! 我wǒ等děng你nǐ电diàn话huà.Great! I'll wait for your call.

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我再给她打— I'll call her again

  1. 朋月友yǒu天tiān, 小xiǎo白bái在zài网wǎng上shàng吗ma?You Tian, is Xiao Bai online?
  2. 友天不bú在zài. 你nǐ给gěi她tā打dǎ电diàn话huà吧ba.No. Give her a call.
  3. 朋月我wǒ给gěi她tā打dǎ电diàn话huà了le. 她tā没méi有yǒu听tīng见jiàn.I did call her. She didn't hear it.
  4. 友天她tā在zài上shàng课kè. 等děng一yí会huì儿er吧ba.She's in class. Wait a while.
  5. 朋月好hǎo. 下xià课kè了le我wǒ再zài给gěi她tā打dǎ.OK. I'll call her again after class.

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打dǎ电diàn话huà

verbmake a call

上shàng网wǎng

verbgo online

网wǎng上shàng

nounonline

网wǎng友yǒu

nounonline friend

打dǎ开kāi

verbopen

关guān上shàng

verbclose

等děng

verbto wait

打dǎ

verbto call (by phone)

再zài

adverbagain

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网wǎng

net; internet

上网 shàng wǎng — go online网上 wǎng shàng — online网友 wǎngyǒu — online friend
等děng

wait

等等 děngdeng — hold on; wait a sec — verb-reduplication form

Hanzi — writing & recognition

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Calling someone: 给 + person + 打电话

Explanation

To say who you call, put the person after 给 and before 打电话: 给我打电话 (call me), 我给妈妈打电话 (I call my mom). Add 吧 to make it a friendly request: 给我打电话吧! (Give me a call!).

Examples

  • 给gěi我wǒ打dǎ电diàn话huà吧ba!Give me a call!
  • 我wǒ给gěi妈mā妈ma打dǎ电diàn话huà.I call my mom.
  • 你nǐ给gěi朋péng友yǒu打dǎ电diàn话huà了le吗ma?Did you call your friend?
  • 明míng天tiān我wǒ给gěi你nǐ打dǎ电diàn话huà.I'll call you tomorrow.

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再 + verb: again, or later

Explanation

再 before a verb says you'll do it one more time: 你再说一下儿 (say it again). It can also say not now, but later: 下课了我再给她打 (I'll call her after class). 再见 means see you again.

Examples

  • 你nǐ再zài说shuō一yí下xià儿ér.Say it again.
  • 下xià课kè了le我wǒ再zài给gěi她tā打dǎ.I'll call her after class.
  • 明míng天tiān再zài来lái吧ba.Come again tomorrow.

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y, w 和最后的拼写规则y, w and the Last Spelling Rules

ü 一家：üe, üan, ün — The ü Family: üe, üan, ün

ü builds its own compound finals too. The old rule still applies: after j/q/x/y they are all WRITTEN with u but still PRONOUNCED with ü.

  • üe — ü gliding into e xué · yuè
  • üan — ü gliding into an yuǎn · yuán
  • ün — ü + n yún · qún

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