"Telephone" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 diàn huà telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number
 dé lu:4 fēng telephone (loanword)
 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call
 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
 ěr jī headphones / earphones / telephone receiver
 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
 diàn huà hào mǎ telephone number / CL:串[chuan4]
 yí dòng diàn huà mobile telephone
 bō hào to dial a telephone number
 zǒng jī central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard
 gù dìng diàn huà landline telephone / fixed-line telephone
 diàn huà jī telephone set
线 diàn huà xiàn telephone line / telephone wire
簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory
 diàn huà kǎ telephone card
 tīng tǒng telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope
线 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1]
线 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1]
 diàn huà tíng telephone booth
 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits)
 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
 diàn huà wǎng telephone network
 wú shéng diàn huà cordless telephone
 diàn huà qū hào telephone area code
 qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code
 diàn gān electric pole / telephone pole
线 pèi xiàn jià telephone frame / distributing frame
线 wú xiàn diàn huà radio telephony / wireless telephone
线 diàn huà xiàn lù telephone line
 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
 diàn gào to inform by telegraph, telephone etc
 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
 chuán hū diàn huà neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
 bō hào pán telephone dial
线 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line
 diàn huà fú wù telephone service
 diàn huà wǎng lù telephone network
 diàn huà xìn hào telephone signal
 gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng lù public switched telephone network / PSTN
 gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng public switched telephone network / PSTN
 gōng zhòng diàn xìn wǎng lù public telephone network
 Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huì International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
 guó jì diàn huà diàn bào zī xún wěi yuán huì International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph / CCITT (now ITU)
 Rì běn Diàn bào Diàn huà Gōng sī Nippon Telegraph and Telephone / NTT
 yí dòng shì diàn huà mobile telephone
 chéng kòng diàn huà automatic telephone exchange
线 xiàn gǎn telephone pole / utility pole
 diàn huà qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code
 Diàn huà Mén "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
线 diàn huà jiē xiàn yuán telephone operator
 yí dòng diàn huà xì tǒng cellular telephone system
 diàn huà jiāo huàn tái telephone exchange
 wēi xíng diàn huà jiāo huàn tái mini telephone exchange
 diàn huà qì cái telephone instrument
 mú nǐ diàn huà analog telephone
 diàn huà tóu piào telephone voting
 gōng yòng diàn huà jiāo huàn wǎng public switched telephone network
  Telephone Receptionist
 yě zhàn diàn huà jī field telephone
 pǔ tòng lǎo shì diàn huà yè wù plain old telephone service
 yí dòng shì diàn huà xì tǒng mobile telephone system
 bǎo mì diàn huà secure telephone / secure phone
 diàn huà jì gōng Telephone Technician
线  rural telephone link
PABX电  small PABX telephone exchange
PABX电  medium PABX telephone exchange
  large telephone exchange
  rural telephone repeater
线  telephone lineman's toolkit
  telephone test butt
  International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
  World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
 chāi jī to dismantle a machine / to terminate a telephone service
 bǔ kǎ to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
 huà tíng telephone booth
 diàn shāng e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务[dian4 zi3 shang1 wu4]) / (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone
 lái diàn dá líng (Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
 hóng jī red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite
访 diàn fǎng (Tw) to make a telephone call (generally as a representative of a company, school or agency etc, to an individual, often for the purpose of conducting a survey) (abbr. for 電話訪問|电话访问)
 chā kǎ shì (of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted
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