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 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 耳机 耳機 ěr jī headphones / earphones / telephone receiver 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 电话簿 電話簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory 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 听筒 聽筒 tīng tǒng telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope syn 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 电话机 電話機 diàn huà jī telephone set syn 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 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] 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 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) 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 沃达丰 沃達豐 wò dá fēng Vodafone (telephone company) 电话区号 電話區號 diàn huà qū hào telephone area code 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 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 接线生 接線生 jiē xiàn shēng switchboard operator / telephone operator 拨号盘 撥號盤 bō hào pán telephone dial 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 无绳充电电钻 無繩充電電鉆 cordless rechargeable drill 固话 固話 gù huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone (abbr. for 固定電話|固定电话[gu4ding4 dian4hua4]) 常规铜电话线 常規銅電話線 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line 电话服务 電話服務 diàn huà fú wù telephone service 电话网路 電話網路 diàn huà wǎng lù telephone network 电话信号 電話信號 diàn huà xìn hào telephone signal 公共交换电话网路 公共交換電話網路 gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng lù public switched telephone network / PSTN 公用交换电话网 公用交換電話網 gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng (Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN) 公众电信网路 公眾電信網路 gōng zhòng diàn xìn wǎng lù public telephone network 挂好 掛好 guà hǎo to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc) 国际电报电话咨询委员会 國際電報電話咨詢委員會 guó jì diàn bào diàn huà zī xún wěi yuán huì International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) 国际电话电报谘询委员会 國際電話電報諮詢委員會 guó jì diàn huà diàn bào zī xún wěi yuán huì International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph / CCITT (now ITU) 日本电报电话公司 日本電報電話公司 rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) 移动式电话 移動式電話 yí dòng shì diàn huà mobile telephone 德律风 德律風 dé lǜ fēng (old) (loanword) telephone 畅谈话卡 暢談話卡 chàng tán huà kǎ long-term calling card (telephone) 程控电话 程控電話 chéng kòng diàn huà automatic telephone exchange 线杆 線桿 xiàn gǎn telephone pole / utility pole 话卡 話卡 huà kǎ calling card (telephone) 电话区码 電話區碼 diàn huà qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code 电话门 電話門 diàn huà mén "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records 公共交换电话网 公共交換電話網 gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng public switched telephone network (PSTN) 电话接线员 電話接線員 diàn huà jiē xiàn yuán telephone operator 移动电话系统 移動電話系統 yí dòng diàn huà xì tǒng cellular telephone system 电话交换台 diàn huà jiāo huàn tái telephone exchange 微型电话交换台 wēi xíng diàn huà jiāo huàn tái mini telephone exchange 电话器材 diàn huà qì cái telephone instrument 模拟电话 模擬電話 mú nǐ diàn huà analog telephone 电话投票 電話投票 diàn huà tóu piào telephone voting 公用电话交换网 公用電話交換网 gōng yòng diàn huà jiāo huàn wǎng public switched telephone network 电话招待员 電話招待員 Telephone Receptionist 野战电话机 野戰電話机 yě zhàn diàn huà jī field telephone 普通老式电话业务 普通老式電話業務 pǔ tòng lǎo shì diàn huà yè wù plain old telephone service 移动式电话系统 移動式電話系統 yí dòng shì diàn huà xì tǒng mobile telephone system 保密电话 保密電話 bǎo mì diàn huà secure telephone / secure phone 电话技工 電話技工 diàn huà jì gōng Telephone Technician 农村电话中继线 農村電話中繼線 rural telephone link 小型PABX电话交换台 小型PABX電話交換臺 small PABX telephone exchange 中型PABX电话交换台 中型PABX電話交換臺 medium PABX telephone exchange 大型电话交换台 大型電話交換臺 large telephone exchange 农村电话中继器 農村電話中繼器 rural telephone repeater 电话线路工工具 電話線路工工具 telephone lineman's toolkit 电话测试机 電話測試機 telephone test butt 国际电报电话协商委员会 國際電報電話協商委員會 International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee 世界电报电话行政会议 世界電報電話行政會議 World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference 拆机 拆機 chāi jī to dismantle a machine / to terminate a telephone service 补卡 補卡 bǔ kǎ to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement 叉簧 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call) 话亭 話亭 huà tíng telephone booth 电商 電商 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 来电答铃 來電答鈴 lái diàn dá líng (Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call) 红机 紅機 hóng jī red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite 电访 電訪 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) 免持 miǎn chí (Tw) hands-free (telephone function) 插卡式 chā kǎ shì (of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted 