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電話
  din6 waa6*2   jyutping
  dian4 hua4   pinyin
telephone; telephone call; telephone number

noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 41,700,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
電話 / 电话

This word has been viewed 8729 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 5th Mar 2009 14:06
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Characters in this word:

 din6  -  lightning; electricity
 waa6 waa2  -  word; talk; speak; language

55 compounds containing this word:

電話號碼 - telephone number
打電話 - to make a phone call
電話線 - telephone line/wire
手提電話 - mobile telephone
煲電話粥 - long telephone chat
講緊電話 - speaking on the phone
電話簿 - telephone directory
長途電話 - long-distance telephone call
公用電話 - public telephone
聽電話 - to talk on the phone
竊聽電話 - phone tapping; wiretapping
常規銅電話線 - an ordinary copper telephone line
電話服務 - telephone service
電話會議 - (telephone) conference call
電話鈴聲 - ringtone
電話網路 - telephone network
電話信號 - telephone signal
移動電話 - mobile telephone
行動電話 - mobile telephone
電話線路 - telephone line
固定電話線客戶 - fixed line phone customers
國際長途電話收費 - international call rates
自動電話理財服務 - automated phonebanking services
公眾電話 - pay phones
無線電話 - a radio telephone
手提電話店 - a cell phone store; a mobile telephone store
移動式電話 - mobile telephone
電話機 - telephone equipment
電話網 - telephone network
熱線電話 - hotline, hot line, enquiry line
借電話 - to borrow the telephone; use sb else's telephone
子母電話 - cordless phones with base station
裝電話 - [v] to install a telephone
講電話 - use the telephone
流動電話 - a mobile telephone
回撥電話 - callback
撥電話 - to dial a telephone
打返電話 - call back; ring back; reply to a call
回電話 - call back; ring back; reply to a call
電話亭 - telephone booth
智能電話 - smartphone
公用交換電話網 - public switched telephone network (PSTN)
國際電報電話咨詢委員會 - CCITT
國際電話電報諮詢委員會 - International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph; CCITT (now ITU)
日本電報電話公司 - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
國際長途直撥電話 - IDD, International Direct Dialling
公共交換電話網路 - public switched telephone network (PSTN)
傳呼電話 - [n] neighborhood telephone service
新世界電話 - New World Telephone
美國電話電報公司 - AT&T
國際電話電報咨詢委員會 - International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph (CCITT/ITU)
Common Formations:
電話繩 - cell phone strap
國際電話 - international call
廣告電話直銷 - direct response advertising
舉報電話 - a hotline telephone line (for reporting sth to the authorities)

Showing all 10 examples containing 電話
detail audio 點解打電話畀佢第二日
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
detail audio 唔記得手提電話
Oh! I've forgotten to bring my mobile phone.
detail audio 手提電話
The mobile phone is out of battery.
detail audio 手提電話擺喺
I put my mobile phone here
detail audio 嗰部手提電話壞咗
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]
detail audio 留低電話號碼
Please leave a telephone number.
detail 電話醫生
She has phoned the doctor.
[咗 is a marker for perfective aspect. ]
detail 每次見到都係講緊電話
He's speaking on the phone whenever I see him.
[English "whenever" = Cantonese "every time" (每次) + "is always" (都係)]
detail audio 噙晚過電畀我
Last night you phoned me.
detail 快啲電話牽腸掛肚
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.
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