打call

dǎcall
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to root for
  3. 3 to show one's support (esp. for a performer)

Examples

Fěnsīmen zài tái xià fēngkuáng dǎ call.
Fans below the stage cheered wildly.
Wǒ bìxū wèi zhège xiàngmù dǎ call!
I've got to put in a good word for this project!

Tips

culture
Borrowed from Japanese idol-concert culture (コール / 'call'), where fans shout coordinated chants and wave glow sticks. Reached Chinese mainstream around 2017 via 偶像养成 (idol-training) reality shows. Now used loosely for 'rooting for' anything — a friend's startup, a movie, even a tweet.
register
Mixed-script form is the standard written form — call is pronounced as English 'call' (kɔ:l), not romanized to pinyin. ...call ('to call for...') is the standard frame.

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