撥打

拨打
bōdǎ
  1. to call
  2. to dial

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 撥 bō
  1. to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
  2. to dial
  3. to allocate
  4. to set aside (money)
  5. to poke (the fire)
  6. to pluck (a string instrument)
  7. to turn round
  8. classifier: group, batch
2 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")