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通电话

tōng diàn huà

3-character word Traditional 通電話

What 通电话 means

1. to phone sb up

The characters in 通电话

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 她打了一通电话给我。
  Tā dǎ le yī tōngdiànhuà gěi wǒ.
  I had a telephone call from her.
• 我昨晚跟他通电话了。
  Wǒ zuówǎn gēn tā tōngdiànhuà le.
  I talked to him on the telephone yesterday night.

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