电话 (電話)
diàn huà
Pinyin

Definition

电话 (電話)
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diàn huà
  1. telephone
  2. CL:部[bù]
  3. phone call
  4. CL:通[tōng]
  5. phone number

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
的话
de huà
  1. 1 if (coming after a conditional clause)
笑话
xiào huà
  1. 1 joke
  2. 2 jest
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 to laugh at
  5. 5 to mock
话
huà
  1. 1 dialect
  2. 2 language
  3. 3 spoken words
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 talk
  6. 6 words
  7. 7 conversation
  8. 8 what sb said
  9. 9 classifier: 种 zhǒng
  10. 10 classifier: 席 xí
  11. 11 classifier: 句 jù
  12. 12 classifier: 口 kǒu
  13. 13 classifier: 番 fān
话费
huà fèi
  1. 1 call charge

Idioms (20)

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
  1. 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
  2. 2 without demur
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
  1. 1 to speak honestly (idiom)
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs

Sample Sentences

我先生今儿出门儿的时候，说要和大学同学聚餐，我总觉得不对劲儿，一定有事儿，就打电话问了一个熟人，他就露馅儿了，我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr chūméner de shíhou ，shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ，wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr ，yīdìng yǒu shìr ，jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ，tā jiù lòuxiànr le ，wǒ yàgēnr méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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智能手机“麻雀虽小，五脏俱全”。你可以打电话，传信息，还可以拍照。
zhìnéngshǒujī “máquèsuīxiǎo,wǔzàngjùquán ”。nǐ kěyǐ dǎdiànhuà ，chuán xìnxī ，hái kěyǐ pāizhào 。
A smartphone is small but it has every function you may need. You can make a call, text and also take pictures.
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我的电话需要充电。请问你有苹果手机的充电器吗？
wǒ de diànhuà xūyào chōngdiàn 。qǐngwèn nǐ yǒu píngguǒ shǒujī de chōngdiànqì ma ？
I need to charge my cellphone. Do you have an iPhone charger I could borrow?
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我没有，我用的是安卓,让我问问安娜…我想她用的是苹果的电话。
wǒ méiyǒu ，wǒ yòng de shì Ānzhuó ,ràng wǒ wèn wèn Ānnà …wǒ xiǎng tā yòng de shì píngguǒ de diànhuà 。
No, I have an Android. Let me check with Anna…I think she has an iPhone.
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我妈一直告诉我，人老了血压就会高，老是打电话来嘱咐我一定要多运动。
wǒ mā yīzhí gàosu wǒ ，rén lǎo le xuèyā jiù huì gāo ，lǎoshi dǎdiànhuà lái zhǔfù wǒ yīdìng yào duō yùndòng 。
My mother has always told me, people’s blood pressure gets higher as they age. She’s always calling me to tell me I need to exercise more.
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请问你的电话号码是多少？
qǐngwèn nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshao ？
What is your telephone number?
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请问你的电话号码是几号？
qǐngwèn nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì jǐhào ？
Excuse me. What is your telephone number?
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怎么没接电话？
zěnme méi jiē diànhuà ？
How come you didn’t pick up the phone?
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下雨了吗？哦，我给一个朋友打电话。
xiàyǔ le ma ？ò ，wǒ gěi yī ge péngyou dǎdiànhuà 。
Is it raining? Oh…Let me give a friend a phone call.
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我要打电话给我的妈妈。
wǒ yào dǎdiànhuà gěi wǒ de māma 。
I'm going to call my mom.
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