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 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 传呼 傳呼 chuán hū to notify sb of a call / to call sb to the phone 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā waiting anxiously / impatient syn 以期 yǐ qī in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for 调入 調入 diào rù to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc) 候车室 候車室 hòu chē shì waiting room (for train, bus etc) 长队 長隊 cháng duì line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue 备取 備取 bèi qǔ to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school) 拜望 bài wàng to call to pay one's respect / to call on syn 整装待发 整裝待發 zhěng zhuāng dài fā to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting 候诊室 候診室 hòu zhěn shì waiting room (at clinic, hospital) 坐冷板凳 zuò lěng bǎn dèng to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels syn 束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín hands tied and waiting to be captured syn 候诊 候診 hòu zhěn waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment 看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn 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 想到 xiǎng dào to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate syn 提醒 tí xǐng to remind / to call attention to / to warn of syn 想起 xiǎng qǐ to recall / to think of / to call to mind 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 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not syn 呼叫 hū jiào to shout / to yell / (telecommunications) to call syn 称呼 稱呼 chēng hu to call / to address as / form of address / appellation syn 拜访 拜訪 bài fǎng to pay a visit / to call on syn 称为 稱為 chēng wéi to be called / to be known as / to call it "..." syn 质疑 質疑 zhì yí to call into question / to question (truth or validity) syn 访问 訪問 fǎng wèn to visit / to call on / to interview / CL:次[ci4] syn 称之为 稱之為 chēng zhī wéi to call it... / known as... syn 召唤 召喚 zhào huàn to summon / to beckon / to 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 道别 道別 dào bié to say goodbye / to bid farewell / to pay a farewell call syn 召集 zhào jí to convene / to call together syn 自称 自稱 zì chēng to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess / to claim a title syn 拨打 撥打 bō dǎ to call / to dial 探望 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around syn 召开 召開 zhào kāi to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together syn 呼唤 呼喚 hū huàn to call out (a name etc) / to shout syn 探访 探訪 tàn fǎng to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit syn 找上门 找上門 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 呼吁 呼籲 hū yù to call on (sb to do sth) / to appeal (to) / an appeal syn 呼救 hū jiù to call for help syn 叫作 jiào zuò to call / to be called syn 停靠 tíng kào to call at / to stop at / berth syn 号召 號召 hào zhào to call / to appeal syn 电话会议 電話會議 diàn huà huì yì (telephone) conference call 回味 huí wèi to call to mind and ponder over / aftertaste syn 谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge syn 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 长途电话 長途電話 cháng tú diàn huà long-distance call 话费 話費 huà fèi call charge syn 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 呼风唤雨 呼風喚雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom) / to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles 谩骂 謾罵 màn mà to hurl abuse / to deride / to call sb names syn 参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb syn 拜会 拜會 bài huì (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with / to pay a visit to / to call on syn 招集 zhāo jí to call on (people) to gather / to convene syn 号令 號令 hào lìng an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command syn 戏称 戲稱 xì chēng to jokingly call / jocular appellation 大声疾呼 大聲疾呼 dà shēng jí hū to call loudly (idiom) / to get people's attention / to make one's views known syn 问罪 問罪 wèn zuì to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish syn 警讯 警訊 jǐng xùn warning sign / police call 一呼百应 一呼百應 yī hū bǎi yìng a hundred answers to a single call (idiom) / to respond en masse syn 拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn 收兵 shōu bīng to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over syn 应召 應召 yìng zhào to respond to a call 叫道 jiào dào to call / to shout 勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook 诉求 訴求 sù qiú to demand / to call for / to petition / demand / wish / request / to promote one's brand / to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message / pitch 呼出 hū chū to exhale / to breathe out / to make an outgoing call / (computing) to bring up (a menu, search bar, virtual keyboard etc) 呼叫中心 hū jiào zhōng xīn call center 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed syn 召开会议 召開會議 zhào kāi huì yì to call a conference / to convene a meeting 待命 dài mìng to be on call / to be on standby 冠以 guàn yǐ to label / to call syn 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 打长途 打長途 dǎ cháng tú to make a long distance call 黑哨 hēi shào (soccer etc) corrupt officiating / dubious call 接获 接獲 jiē huò to receive (a call, report etc) 插播 chā bō to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc / to put a call on hold 停靠站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 内急 內急 nèi jí to need to answer the call of nature 扯平 chě píng to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits syn 拜谒 拜謁 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc) syn 叫春 jiào chūn to caterwaul / to call like an animal in heat 成象 chéng xiàng to form an image / to call to mind 发榜 發榜 fā bǎng to publish a roll-call of successful candidates syn 找 zhǎo to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change syn 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 唱 chàng to sing / to call loudly / to chant syn 