拨号 meaning in English

bōhào

to dial a telephone number

Traditional 撥號13 strokes

Meaning of 拨号

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bōhào
  1. to dial a telephone number

拨号 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

您nín能néng帮bāng我wǒ拨bō号hào吗ma?电diàn话huà机jī放fàng得de太tài高gāo了le。
Can you help me dial? The telephone is put too high.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

拨 bō · to push aside with the hand · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

号 hào · to call out · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 拨号.

信号xìnhàosignal
号码hàomǎnumber
符号fúhàosymbol; mark; sign
型号xínghàomodel (particular version of a manufactured article); type (product specification in terms
括号kuòhàoparentheses; brackets
口号kǒuhàoslogan; catchphrase
称号chēnghàoname; term of address
号召hàozhàoto call; to appeal
拨打bōdǎto call; to dial
车号chēhàovehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
编号biānhàoto number; to assign numbers; serial number
代号dàihàocode name

Questions about 拨号

What does 拨号 mean?

拨号 (bōhào) means "to dial a telephone number".

How do you write 拨号?

拨号 is made of 2 characters: 拨 (8 strokes), 号 (5 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 拨号 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 拨号 is written 撥號.