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打招呼

打招呼

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to greet
simp. and trad. (打招呼)		打	招呼

Verb

打招呼

to greet (someone); to say hello
to give prior notice

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dǎzhāohū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄠㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² ziu¹ fu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-chêu-fû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎzhāohū → dǎzhāohu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄠㄏㄨ → ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄠㄏㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajau.hu
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/ → /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² ziu¹ fu¹
  - Yale: dá jīu fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dziu¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑː³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-chêu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: da` zeu´ fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: da³ zeu¹ fu¹
  - IPA: /ta³¹ t͡se̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴/