# 要電話
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yào diànhuà
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yào diànhuà
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yào diànhuà
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^4$ tien$^4$-hua$^4$
*** Yale: yàu dyàn-hwà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw diannhuah
*** Palladius: яо дяньхуа (jao djanʹxua)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/

### Verb

要⫽電話 (verb-object)
* (dated) to make a telephone call
    From: 1950 November, 馬吉圖 (Ma Jitu), 《電話》 [Telephone], Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, page 10
    Réngōng jiāohuàn — cóng zìmiàn yě huì míngliǎo tā de yìyì, jiùshì jiǎjiè diànhuà jiēxiànyuán de lìliàng ér dádào yǔ duìfāng tōnghuà de mùde, huànjùhuàshuō, jiùshì jièyòng jiēxiànyuán de shǒu bǎ yào diànhuà de jiǎ, jiētōng gěi bèi yào diànhuà de yǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1965 July 12, 李赤 (Li Chi), 《暴风雪之夜》, in People's Literature, →ISSN, issue 188, page 71
    Jītái hūrán yòu “tàlala” dì xiǎng qǐlái, kànkàn bàopái, nà shì Dōngfēng Dàduì zài yào diànhuà. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1985 May 1, 江苏省灌云县统计局, 《我们的调查周活动已坚持一年》, in 《统计》 [Statistics], →ISSN, issue 1985(8), page 6
    1984 nián yǐlái, wǒmen zài bǎozhèng jīchǔ gōngzuò bù duàn bù luàn de qiántí xià, gǎigé le guòqù zhěngtiān zuò zài bàngōngshì děng bàobiǎo, suàn shùzì, yào diànhuà de lǎo zuòfēng [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 打電話, 致電 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 打電話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打電話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 打電話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 打電話兒, 打電話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 打電話兒, 打電話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 打電話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 打電話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 打電話 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 打電話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 打電話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 打電話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 打電話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 打電話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 打電話 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打電話, 掛電話 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 打電話, 掛電話 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打電話, 掛電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 打電話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 打電話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 打電話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 打電話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 打電話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打電話, 撥個輪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打電話, 撥個輪 dated, 𢪎個輪 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 打電話, 打喊線 dated |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 打電話 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 敲電話 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打電話 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 打電話 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 打電話 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 打電話 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打電話 |
| Jin | Linhe | 打電話 |
| Jin | Jining | 打電話 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 打電話 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 打電話 |
| Jin | Handan | 打電話 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敲電話, 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 敲電話, 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 敲電話, 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 摃電話, 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 摃電話 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 敲電 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 敲電話, 敲電 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 敲電話, 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 拍電話, 拍電 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 拍電話, 拍電 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 拍電話, 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 敲電話 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 敲電話, 敲電 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 拍電話 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 拍電話 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 拍電話 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 拍電話 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打電話 |