粵

撥but6個go3輪leon4

simp拨个轮
but6 go3 leon4but6 go3 leon2bō gè lún

English

  1. to make a phone call
  2. to call somebody on the telephone, an old term used in the age of rotary pulse-dialing telephone; literally: to dial the wheel

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 打電話嘅舊俗稱。以前嘅電話係用脈衝式撥號盤送出接駁信號,撥號盤係一個圓形嘅輪盤,有10個窿,俾人擺隻手指入去想撥嘅數字嘅窿再轉動。

Examples

  • 你到左樓下就撥個輪過我,我嚟接你。

    Call me when you arrive downstairs, I'll come down to pick you up.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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