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电话

diàn huà

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 電話 Measure word 部、通

电话 (diàn huà) means "telephone; phone call". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 电话 means

1. telephone
2. phone call
3. phone number

The characters in 电话

• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 接电话。
  Answer the phone.
• 打电话。
  Make a call.
• 有你的电话。
  You are wanted on the phone.
• 我在打电话。
  I'm on the phone.
• 打错电话了。
  You've got the wrong number.
• 电话正在响。
  The telephone is ringing.

Words starting with 电话

• 电话机diàn huà jītelephone set
• 电话亭diàn huà tíngtelephone booth
• 电话线diàn huà xiàntelephone line; telephone wire
• 电话簿diàn huà bùtelephone directory
• 电话本diàn huà běnpersonal address book
• 电话会diàn huà huìconference call; teleconference
• 电话网diàn huà wǎngtelephone network
• 电话门Diàn huà Mén"Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
• 电话信号diàn huà xìn hàotelephone signal
• 电话会议diàn huà huì yìconference call; teleconference
• 电话网路diàn huà wǎng lùtelephone network
• 电话线路diàn huà xiàn lùtelephone line
• 电话卡diàn huà kǎtelephone card
• 电话区码diàn huà qū mǎarea code; telephone dialing code
• 电话铃声diàn huà líng shēng(telephone) ring; ringing

Words containing 电话

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
• 通电话tōng diàn huàto phone sb up
• 长途电话cháng tú diàn huàlong-distance phone call
• 公用电话gōng yòng diàn huàpublic phone
• 可视电话kě shì diàn huàvideophone
• 国际电话guó jì diàn huàinternational call
• 行动电话xíng dòng diàn huàmobile phone (Tw)
• 无线电话wú xiàn diàn huàradio telephony; wireless telephone
• 程控电话chéng kòng diàn huàautomatic telephone exchange
• 移动电话yí dòng diàn huàmobile telephone
• 对方付款电话duì fāng fù kuǎn diàn huàcollect call
• 对方付费电话duì fāng fù fèi diàn huàcollect call
• 移动式电话yí dòng shì diàn huàmobile telephone
• 对讲电话duì jiǎng diàn huàintercom
• 传呼电话chuán hū diàn huàneighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
• 固定电话gù dìng diàn huàfixed-line telephone; landline telephone
• 摇电话yáo diàn huà(old) to make a phone call
• 煲电话粥bāo diàn huà zhōuto talk endlessly on the phone
• 日本电报电话公司Rì běn Diàn bào Diàn huà Gōng sīNippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
• 美国电话电报公司Měi guó Diàn huà Diàn bào Gōng sīAT&T
• 公共交换电话网gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎngpublic switched telephone network (PSTN)
• 公用交换电话网gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng(Taiwan) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
• 国际电报电话咨询委员会Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huìInternational Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)

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