拨号

撥號

bōhào

verb #8,598

Meanings

1 to dial (a phone number)
2 to make a call

Characters

to push aside; to turn; to dial

number; designation

Dial + number — originally referred to physically turning a rotary phone dial.

Examples

请拨号120叫救护车。

Qǐng bōhào yāo èr líng jiào jiùhùchē.

Please dial 120 to call an ambulance.

我拨号了好几次都没人接。

Wǒ bōhào le hǎo jǐ cì dōu méi rén jiē.

I dialed several times but nobody answered.

拨号上网的时代已经过去了。

Bōhào shàngwǎng de shídài yǐjīng guòqù le.

The era of dial-up internet is already over.

Tips

usage

拨号上网 (dial-up internet) is a common compound. In modern Chinese, 打电话 (make a phone call) is more common than 拨号 in casual speech, but 拨号 is still used for specifically dialing a number.

Stroke Order

拨 bō

号 hào