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 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn 公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn 通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) 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 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 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 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 公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest 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] 民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will syn 公用 gōng yòng public / for public use 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 众怒 眾怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage 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) 公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification 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) 公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 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 公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn 公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL:座[zuo4] syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine / (of personality) upbeat / energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny) syn 公众 公眾 gōng zhòng public syn 公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 公布 公佈 gōng bù to announce / to make public / to publish syn 开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn 曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn 财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public) / financial 露面 lòu miàn to show one's face / to appear (in public) syn 公关 公關 gōng guān public relations 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital) syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn 公务员 公務員 gōng wù yuán civil servant / public servant syn 公墓 gōng mù public cemetery 张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn 公共场所 公共場所 gōng gòng chǎng suǒ public place 公款 gōng kuǎn public money syn 舆论 輿論 yú lùn public opinion syn 公诉人 公訴人 gōng sù rén district attorney / public prosecutor / procurator 公诉 公訴 gōng sù public prosecution / criminal prosecution 场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place / public venue syn 声张 聲張 shēng zhāng to make public / to disclose syn 首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing 水族馆 水族館 shuǐ zú guǎn aquarium (open to the public) 首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing 知名度 zhī míng dù reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness syn 国立 國立 guó lì national / state-run / public syn 台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake 披露 pī lù to reveal / to publish / to make public / to announce syn 公演 gōng yǎn to perform in public / to give a performance syn 浴池 yù chí public bath syn 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 公敌 公敵 gōng dí public enemy 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 众矢之的 眾矢之的 zhòng shǐ zhī dì lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom) / the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides syn 