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接听

jiē tīng

2-character word Traditional 接聽

What 接听 means

1. to answer the phone

The characters in 接听

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")

Example sentences

• 请你接听一下电话，好吗？
  Qǐng nǐ jiētīng yīxià diànhuà, hǎo ma?
  Answer the telephone, will you?
• 呼叫中心的员工负责接听所有客服电话。
  Employees of the call centre answer all customer service calls.