打電報

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	telegraphy; telegram
trad. (打電報)		打	電報
simp. (打电报)		打	电报

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ diànbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² din⁶ bou³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tan ⁶di-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ diànbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ diànbào
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ tien⁴-pao⁴
    • Yale: dǎ dyàn-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa diannbaw
    • Palladius: да дяньбао (da djanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² din⁶ bou³
    • Yale: dá dihn bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² din⁶ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² din⁶ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tiːn²² pou̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tan ⁶di-pau
    • MiniDict: tan^去 di^去 pau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tan ³di-pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tã⁴⁴  di²² pɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

打⫽電報 (verb-object)

1. to send a telegram
2. (Wu) to flash amorous glances

Synonyms

• (to send a telegram): (Hokkien, Teochew) 拍電／拍电, 拍電報／拍电报, 敲電／敲电
• (to flash amorous glances): 眉目傳情／眉目传情 (méimù chuánqíng)