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电话
Traditional Chinese
電話
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
diàn huà
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
din6 wa6*2
Short definition phone call
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions to telephoneCdict iconMDBG icon / phone callCdict iconMDBG icon / phone numberMDBG icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to telephone
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: telephone; phone call; tel
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: telephone; phone call'
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请问(qǐng wèn) Excuse me, may I ask...?
能借(néngjiè)
一下(yī xià) a little
你的(nǐde) your
电话(diàn huà) phone call
(ma) (question tag)
? ” “
可以(kě yǐ) can
。 ”
"May I use your telephone?" "By all means."

(wǒ) I
可以(kě yǐ) can
(yòng) hence
电话(diàn huà) phone call
(ma) (question tag)
? ” “
请便(qǐng biàn) Please make yourself at home.
。 ”
"May I use the phone?" "Please feel free."

(wǒ) I
(zhuō) table
(shàng) upper
(dedì) of
电话(diàn huà) phone call
一直(yī zhí yì zhí) always
大声(dà shēng) loudly
响铃(xiǎng líng) diabolo

The telephone on my desk rang persistently and loudly.

今晚(jīn wǎn) tonight
我们( men) us
肯定会(kěndìnghuì)
接到(jiē dào) receive (letter etc.)
他的( tā de)
电话(diàn huà) phone call

We'll get a phone call from him tonight for sure.

(wǒ) I
(zhèng) main
(yào) may
上床(shàng chuáng) (coll.) to have sex
的时候( de shí hòu) when
(jiē) to join
到了(dào le dào liǎo) finally
(tā) another
(dǎ) from
来的(láide)
电话(diàn huà) phone call

I got a phone call from him just as I was about to go to bed.

(qǐng) to ask
(xiě) to write
(xià) below
住址(zhù zhǐ) home address
(hé) with
家庭(jiā tíng) family
电话(diàn huà) phone call

Please write down your residential address and home number.

彼得(bǐ dé) Peter (name)
每星期(měi xīng qī) every week
(dū) all
至少(zhì shǎo) at least
(huìkuài) will
(hé) with
身在(shēn zài) to be in
美国的( měi guó de) American
父母(fù mǔ) parents
(tán) to chat
一次(yī cì) once
电话(diàn huà) phone call

Peter talks with his parents in the United States on the phone at least once a week.

电话(diàn huà) phone call
是由( shì yóu)
贝尔(bèi ěr) (n) Bell (person name)
发明(fā míng) invention
(dedì) of

The telephone was invented by Bell.

(nín) you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你ni3)
可以(kě yǐ) can
使用(shǐ yòng) to use
(cǐ) this
电话(diàn huà) phone call

You can use that phone.

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