手机 手機 shǒu jī cell phone / mobile phone / CL:部[bu4],支[zhi1] 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 电话 電話 diàn huà telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss 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 山寨机 山寨機 shān zhài jī knockoff cell phone / counterfeit phone 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 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) 绑定 綁定 bǎng dìng (loanword) binding / to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number) 翻盖 翻蓋 fān gài flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc) / to rebuild / to renovate 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 流动电话渗透率 mobile phone penetration rate 爪机 爪機 zhuǎ jī (Internet slang) mobile phone 移动切削收获机 swathe felling mobile chipper / mobile chipper harvester 集装箱移动扫描器 mobile container scanner / mobile scanner 床铃 床鈴 chuáng líng baby mobile / crib mobile 省流 shěng liú to conserve mobile data / to minimize mobile data usage (abbr. for 省流量[sheng3 liu2 liang4]) 多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 智能 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc) 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 通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn 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] 致电 致電 zhì diàn to phone / to telegram syn 套餐 tào cān set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) 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) 接听 接聽 jiē tīng to answer the phone 打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn 通电话 通電話 tōng diàn huà to phone sb up syn 挂断 掛斷 guà duàn to hang up (a phone) 座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone / landline / private plane 传呼 傳呼 chuán hū to notify sb of a call / to call sb to the phone 手机充值卡 手機充值卡 shǒu jī chōng zhí kǎ phone recharge card 公用电话 公用電話 gōng yòng diàn huà public phone / CL:部[bu4] syn 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 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) 话务员 話務員 huà wù yuán phone operator 打不通 dǎ bu tōng cannot get through (on phone) 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 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 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 喂 wéi hello (when answering the phone) 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 网际电话 網際電話 wǎng jì diàn huà Internet phone 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 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 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 移动 移動 yí dòng to move / movement / migration / mobile / portable syn 行动 行動 xíng dòng operation / action / CL:個|个[ge4] / to move about / mobile syn 流量 liú liàng flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data 流动 流動 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid syn 移动电话 移動電話 yí dòng diàn huà mobile telephone 漫游 漫遊 màn yóu to travel around / to roam / (mobile telephony) roaming syn 走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn 全球通 quán qiú tōng Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications) syn 刷机 刷機 shuā jī to replace firmware (on a mobile device) 游动 游動 yóu dòng to move about / to go from place to place / roving / mobile 移动式 移動式 yí dòng shì mobile 中国移动通信 中國移動通信 zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company) 运动战 運動戰 yùn dòng zhàn mobile warfare 活动房屋 活動房屋 huó dòng fáng wū prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer 移动式电话 移動式電話 yí dòng shì diàn huà mobile telephone 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) 全球移动通信系统 全球移動通信系統 quán qiú yí dòng tōng xìn xì tǒng Universal Mobile Telecommunications System 国际移动卫星组织 國際移動衛星組織 guó jì yí dòng wèi xīng zǔ zhī International Mobile Satellite Organization 国际移动用户识别码 國際移動用戶識彆碼 International Mobile Subscriber Identity 乘车巡逻 vehicle patrol / motorized patrol / mobile patrol 流动办公室 liú dòng bàn gōng shì Mobile Office 流动救护队 liú dòng jiù hù duì mobile medical unit 移动政务 yí dòng zhèng wù mobile government 联合国维持和平巡回训练队训练班 United Nations Course for Mobile Peacekeeping Training Team 可移动文物 kě yí dòng wén wù mobile cultural monument 流动法院 liú dòng fǎ yuàn mobile court 部队机动预备队 bù duì jī dòng yù bèi duì Force Mobile Reserve 