to call (on the phone)

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  • 敲 ka3
  • 敲电话 ka(2) diang(7) ue7
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    Traditional: 敲電話
    to call
    (on the phone)
    phone, telephone

    敲

    ka3

    电话

    diang67 ue7

ka3 on its own technically means "to hit" or "to strike", but I've used it to mean calling someone on the phone. I realized that if I say "ua2 ka(2) leu2" to people outside my family, they might think I'm saying that I'm hitting them 😅


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