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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

电话 [diànhuà]
  1. 1. noun [电话机] telephone
    办公室的电话占线。
    The office phone is engaged (英) {或} busy (美).
    别挂电话
    Don't hang up!
  2. 2. noun [打、接、回] call
    我接到了妈妈的长途电话
    I received a long-distance call from Mum.
    上午有你的两个电话
    This morning there were two calls for you.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

电话 [diànhuà]
  1. 1. telephone; phone
    请别把电话挂上。
    Hold the line, please.
    他把电话挂了。
    He's hung up.
    电话响了。
    电话断线了。
  2. 2. phone call; telephone call; call
    他正在打电话
    He's on the phone.
    有你的电话
    There's a phone call for you. or You're wanted on the phone.
    他给老师打了电话
    他生气了,挂了我的电话
    上课不要接电话

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

电话 [diànhuà]
  1. 1. 利用电信号的传输进行远距离交谈的通讯方式。分为无线电话和有线电话两种。
  2. 2. 电话机。
  3. 3. 电话装置传递的话语
    他来电话

Examples

电话铃响了,他起床赤脚去接电话 赤脚
现在电话普及到家庭, 传呼电话已逐步被淘汰。
Now, as telephones are becoming universal among families, neighborhood telephone services are gradually falling into disuse. 传呼电话
我计算了一下, 网络电话比有线电话费用便宜很多。 网络电话
我们买了无绳电话, 取代了过去的有线电话 无绳电话
正想给他打电话,偏巧他把电话打过来了。 偏巧
安装电话
install a telephone 安装
你就不会打个电话问一问?
Couldn't you have phoned up and asked? 不会
电话不通。
The line's dead. 不通
他沉吟了一会儿才去打电话
He hesitated for a while before he made the phone call. 沉吟
电话串线
get the (telephone) lines crossed

Word Decomposition


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