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来电

lái diàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 來電

来电 (lái diàn) means "incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 来电 means

1. incoming telephone call (or telegram)
2. to phone in; to send in a telegram
3. to have an instant attraction to sb
4. (of electricity, after an outage) to come back

The characters in 来电

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)

Words starting with 来电

• 来电显示lái diàn xiǎn shìcaller ID
• 来电答铃lái diàn dá líng(Taiwan) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)

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