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可以给我打电话吗？

？ Could you call me?

Practice recall

Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

0/4 recalled Next: hear it cold. Continue next step

Current move

Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.

01 Hear it cold

Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.

Next可以给我打电话吗？ 02 What does 可以给我打电话吗 mean?

打电话 means make a phone call; 给我 means to me.

PracticeCould you call me? 03 Fill the pinyin for 打电话。

打 is third tone; 电话 has fourth tones.

Practicedǎ diàn huà 04 How would you ask: Could you call me?

Use 可以 plus 给我 plus 打电话.

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Scene

When to use it

Asking someone to call you instead of continuing in chat.

Risk

safe

If the relationship is distant, add 方便的话 to soften the request.

Literal

Can give me make phone call question?

This phrase moves a conversation from text to voice. 给我 marks the call is directed to you.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall

01 ，？ If it’s convenient, could you call me?

02 。 It’s not convenient for me to call right now.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A 。 This is a little complicated.

B ？ Could you call me?

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 。 Call me. Direct.

02 ？ Could you call me? Polite.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 可以给我打电话吗 mean?

Answer: Could you call me?

打电话 means make a phone call; 给我 means to me.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 打电话。

Answer: dǎ diàn huà

打 is third tone; 电话 has fourth tones.

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03 · How would you ask: Could you call me?

Answer: 可以给我打电话吗？

Use 可以 plus 给我 plus 打电话.

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