电话 電話 diàn huà telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number syn 打电话 打電話 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call syn 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring syn 电 電 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 syn 通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn 来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation 耳机 耳機 ěr jī headphones / earphones / telephone receiver syn 响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn 拨号 撥號 bō hào to dial a telephone number 电话线 電話線 diàn huà xiàn telephone line / telephone wire 电话亭 電話亭 diàn huà tíng telephone booth 话筒 話筒 huà tǒng microphone / (telephone) receiver / handset / megaphone / (fig.) mouthpiece / spokesperson syn 出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring syn 电话簿 電話簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory 指环 指環 zhǐ huán (finger) ring syn 光环 光環 guāng huán ring of light / halo / (fig.) glory / splendor 钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 么 幺 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 syn 电话会议 電話會議 diàn huà huì yì (telephone) conference call 分机 分機 fēn jī (telephone) extension / CL:臺|台[tai2] 电线杆 電線桿 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 无线电话 無線電話 wú xiàn diàn huà radio telephony / wireless telephone syn 总机 總機 zǒng jī central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard 易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) 镶嵌 鑲嵌 xiāng qiàn to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation syn 听筒 聽筒 tīng tǒng telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope syn 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring 电话机 電話機 diàn huà jī telephone set syn 无名指 無名指 wú míng zhǐ ring finger 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 年轮 年輪 nián lún annual ring / growth ring 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 铁环 鐵環 tiě huán an iron ring 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 电话网 電話網 diàn huà wǎng telephone network 电告 電告 diàn gào to inform by telegraph, telephone etc syn 电话号码 電話號碼 diàn huà hào mǎ telephone number / CL:串[chuan4] 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 移动电话 移動電話 yí dòng diàn huà mobile telephone 固定电话 固定電話 gù dìng diàn huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 电话卡 電話卡 diàn huà kǎ telephone card 免提 miǎn tí hands-free (telephone function) 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 靓号 靚號 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring 沃达丰 沃達豐 wò dá fēng Vodafone (telephone company) 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 无绳电话 無繩電話 wú shéng diàn huà cordless telephone 电话区号 電話區號 diàn huà qū hào telephone area code 外环线 外環線 wài huán xiàn outer ring (road or rail line) 区码 區碼 qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code 侦听 偵聽 zhēn tīng to eavesdrop / to tap (telephone conversations) / to intercept and investigate 储值卡 儲值卡 chǔ zhí kǎ stored-value card / prepaid card (telephone, transport etc) 电杆 電杆 diàn gān electric pole / telephone pole 配线架 配線架 pèi xiàn jià telephone frame / distributing frame 电话线路 電話線路 diàn huà xiàn lù telephone line 角斗场 角鬥場 jué dòu chǎng wrestling ring 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 扣环 釦環 kòu huán circlip / C-clip / snap ring / Jesus clip / brooch 套圈 tào quān ferrule / ring toss 胶圈 膠圈 jiāo quān rubber ring / gasket 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 响 響 xiǎng echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises syn 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 戒 jiè to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger) syn 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 幺 么 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 syn 苯环 苯環 běn huán benzene ring (chemistry) 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn 令牌环 令牌環 lìng pái huán token ring 接线生 接線生 jiē xiàn shēng switchboard operator / telephone operator 芳香烃 芳香烴 fāng xiāng tīng aromatic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving benzene ring) 六环路 六環路 liù huán lù Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008 月晕 月暈 yuè yùn ring around the moon / lunar halo 拳击台 拳擊臺 quán jī tái boxing ring 璩 qú (jade ring) 瑗 yuàn large jade ring 拨号盘 撥號盤 bō hào pán telephone dial 镮 鐶 huán (ancient weight) / metal ring 觼 jué buckle / clasp / ring 锳 鍈 yīng (onom.) ring / tinkle 传呼电话 傳呼電話 chuán hū diàn huà neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call 怀璧其罪 懷璧其罪 huái bì qí zuì lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom) / to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others. 固话 固話 gù huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone (abbr. for 固定電話|固定电话[gu4ding4 dian4hua4]) 汇流环 匯流環 huì liú huán slip-ring / rotary electrical interface / collector ring 脂环烃 脂環烴 zhī huán tīng alicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring) 芳香环 芳香環 fāng xiāng huán benzene ring (chemistry) / aromatic ring 