撥個輪

Chinese

 
to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir
(a measure word); individual
 
wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (撥個輪)
simp. (拨个轮)
Literally: “to dial a wheel”.

Pronunciation


Verb

撥個輪

  1. (Cantonese, slang, dated in Hong Kong) to make a telephone call

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打電話 (“to make a telephone call”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 致電
Mandarin Beijing 打電話
Taiwan 打電話
Cantonese Guangzhou 打電話, 撥個輪
Hong Kong 打電話, 撥個輪 dated, 𢪎個輪 dated
Taishan 打電話
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 打電話
Liudui (S. Sixian) 打電話
Hsinchu (Hailu) 打電話
Dongshi (Dabu) 打電話
Hsinchu (Raoping) 打電話
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 打電話
Min Nan Xiamen 敲電話, 拍電話
Quanzhou 敲電話, 拍電話
Zhangzhou 敲電話, 拍電話
Taipei 敲電話
Kaohsiung 拍電話
Tainan 摃電話
Taichung 敲電話
Wuqi 拍電話
Hsinchu 敲電話
Taitung 敲電話
Lukang 敲電話
Yilan 敲電話, 拍電話, 摃電話
Magong 摃電話
Penang 敲電
Philippines (Manila) 敲電話
Chaozhou 拍電話
Wu Shanghai 打電話
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.