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 伪造 偽造 wěi zào to forge / to fake / to counterfeit 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 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 赝品 贗品 yàn pǐn fake / counterfeit article 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 假冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) 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 假货 假貨 jiǎ huò counterfeit article / fake / dummy / simulacrum syn 假钞 假鈔 jiǎ chāo counterfeit money / forged note 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] 假币 假幣 jiǎ bì counterfeit money 造假 zào jiǎ to counterfeit / to pass off a fake as genuine syn 仿制品 仿製品 fǎng zhì pǐn counterfeit object / fake syn 伪钞 偽鈔 wěi chāo counterfeit currency 作假 zuò jiǎ to counterfeit / to falsify / to cheat / to defraud / fraudulent / to behave affectedly syn 仿冒 fǎng mào to counterfeit / fake syn 仿造 fǎng zào to copy / to produce sth after a model / to counterfeit syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn 验钞机 驗鈔機 yàn chāo jī a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills 假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities 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 制假 製假 zhì jiǎ to counterfeit / to manufacture counterfeit goods 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 伪造品 偽造品 wěi zào pǐn counterfeit object / forgery / fake 挢 撟 jiǎo to raise / to lift / to pretend / counterfeit / unyielding / variant of 矯|矫[jiao3] / to correct 棒棒机 棒棒機 bàng bàng jī bar phone (cell phone shaped like a bar of candy) 红机 紅機 hóng jī red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite 空号 空號 kōng hào disconnected phone number / unassigned phone number 伪币 偽幣 wěi bì counterfeit currency 仿冒品 fǎng mào pǐn counterfeit object / imitation / fake / pirated goods 假冒品 jiǎ mào pǐn counterfeit object / fake 山寨货 山寨貨 shān zhài huò a fake / imitation or counterfeit product 模仿品 mó fǎng pǐn imitation product / counterfeit / knockoff 验钞器 驗鈔器 yàn chāo qì money counter and counterfeit detection machine 仿品 fǎng pǐn imitation product / counterfeit / knockoff / replica / reproduction 网际电话 網際電話 wǎng jì diàn huà Internet phone 行动电话 行動電話 xíng dòng diàn huà mobile phone (Tw) 小灵通机站 小靈通機站 xiǎo líng tōng jī zhàn cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications) 滑盖 滑蓋 huá gài slider phone 移动通信网络 移動通信網絡 yí dòng tōng xìn wǎng luò cell phone network 电话公司 電話公司 diàn huà gōng sī phone company 电话门 電話門 diàn huà mén "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records 流动电话渗透率 mobile phone penetration rate 电台听众来电节目 radio phone-in programme 临时性电话线路连接 lín shí xìng diàn huà xiàn lù lián jiē phone patch interlink 保密电话 保密電話 bǎo mì diàn huà secure telephone / secure phone 全球通电话 全球通電話 quán qiú tòng diàn huà GSM phone 挂线 掛線 guà xiàn to hang up the phone 平板手机 平板手機 píng bǎn shǒu jī phablet (hybrid between a smart phone and a tablet) / CL:台[tai2] 收线 收線 shōu xiàn to reel in (a fishing line etc) / to hang up the phone 机不离手 機不離手 jī bù lí shǒu to be unable to do without one's cell phone 爪机 爪機 zhuǎ jī (Internet slang) mobile phone 摇电话 搖電話 yáo diàn huà (old) to make a phone call 滑盖手机 滑蓋手機 huá gài shǒu jī slider phone 煲电话粥 煲電話粥 bāo diàn huà zhōu to talk endlessly on the phone 解绑 解綁 jiě bǎng to unbind (e.g. a phone number from an account) 改运 改運 gǎi yùn to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number) 背夹电池 背夾電池 bèi jiā diàn chí battery case (for a phone) 叫车 叫車 jiào chē to call a cab (by phone) / to request a ride (via an app) 储值 儲值 chǔ zhí (Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account) / to top up 拨通 撥通 bō tōng to get through to sb on the phone 尾号 尾號 wěi hào last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc 手机壳 手機殼 shǒu jī ké cell phone case 跑分 pǎo fēn (computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc / (benchmark test) score / (sports) run (scoring unit in cricket) / to provide a channel for the transfer of illegally obtained funds (in return for a commission) 销号 銷號 xiāo hào to close an account / to cancel a (phone) number 