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電話

din6 waa6*2

dian4 hua4

telephone; telephone call; telephone number

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 41,700,000

電話 / 电话

電 din6 dian4 - lightning; electricity
話 waa6 waa6*2 hua4 - speech; words; sayings

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我將個手提電話擺喺度粵 edit
I put my mobile phone here

嗰部手提電話壞咗粵 edit
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]

噙晚你打過電話畀我粵 edit
Last night you phoned me.

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵 edit
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

請留低電話號碼粵 edit
Please leave a telephone number.

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 24th Apr 2008

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