电话 電話 diàn huà telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number syn 接 jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb syn 多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 手机 手機 shǒu jī cell phone / mobile phone / CL:部[bu4],支[zhi1] 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 上网 上網 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net 回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram 智能 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc) 致电 致電 zhì diàn to phone / to telegram syn 打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn 套餐 tào cān set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) 通电话 通電話 tōng diàn huà to phone sb up syn 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 公用电话 公用電話 gōng yòng diàn huà public phone / CL:部[bu4] syn 传呼 傳呼 chuán hū to notify sb of a call / to call sb to the phone 座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone / landline / private plane 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 翻盖 翻蓋 fān gài flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc) / to rebuild / to renovate syn 话务员 話務員 huà wù yuán phone operator 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 中国电信 中國電信 zhōng guó diàn xìn China Telecom (Chinese company providing mobile phone service) 挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc) 绑定 綁定 bǎng dìng (loanword) binding / to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number) 接听 接聽 jiē tīng to answer the phone 挂断 掛斷 guà duàn to hang up (a phone) 手机充值卡 手機充值卡 shǒu jī chōng zhí kǎ phone recharge card 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) 打不通 dǎ bu tōng cannot get through (on phone) 喂 wéi hello (when answering the phone) syn 挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn 通 tōng to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc syn 刷 shuā a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) syn 吧 bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] syn 转 轉 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn 资料 資料 zī liào material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4] syn 楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 互联网 互聯網 hù lián wǎng Internet syn 海龟 海龜 hǎi guī turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1] 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 因特网 因特網 yīn tè wǎng Internet 网路 網路 wǎng lù network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络[wang3 luo4] 马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn 爬虫 爬蟲 pá chóng reptile / (Internet) web crawler 网吧 網吧 wǎng bā Internet café 大虾 大蝦 dà xiā prawn / (Internet slang) expert / whiz syn 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan syn 绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 雅虎 yǎ hǔ Yahoo, Internet portal 酱紫 醬紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] 百度 bǎi dù Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999 乡民 鄉民 xiāng mín villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions syn 网民 網民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member 贝宝 貝寶 bèi bǎo PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 网际 網際 wǎng jì Internet / net / cyber- 置顶 置頂 zhì dǐng to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc) 网络电话 網絡電話 wǎng luò diàn huà Voice over Internet Protocol 网关 網關 wǎng guān network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks) 点击率 點擊率 diǎn jī lǜ click-through rate (CTR) (Internet) 剧集 劇集 jù jí (serialized TV or Internet drama) show / series 电脑网 電腦網 diàn nǎo wǎng computer network / Internet 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 大神 dà shén deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz 网虫 網蟲 wǎng chóng Internet addict 掉线 掉線 diào xiàn to get disconnected (from the Internet) 无线上网 無線上網 wú xiàn shàng wǎng wireless Internet access 主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor / (program) host / (Internet) streamer 网际网路 網際網路 wǎng jì wǎng lù (Tw) Internet 实名制 實名制 shí míng zhì system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc) 内容管理系统 內容管理系統 nèi róng guǎn lǐ xì tǒng content management system (CMS) (Internet) 泡吧 pào bā to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc) / to go clubbing 探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet 刷屏 shuā píng to flood (on an Internet forum etc) 网瘾 網癮 wǎng yǐn Internet addiction / net addiction / web addiction 热帖 熱帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum) 公网 公網 gōng wǎng (computing) public network / wide area network / Internet 狗粮 狗糧 gǒu liáng dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 网络红人 網絡紅人 wǎng luò hóng rén Internet celebrity 网络语言 網絡語言 wǎng luò yǔ yán Internet slang / netspeak / cyberspeak 封禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 河蟹 hé xiè river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China) syn 神马 神馬 shén mǎ mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] 英特网 英特網 yīng tè wǎng variant of 因特網|因特网[Yin1 te4 wang3], Internet 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 