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 安全 ān quán safe / secure / safety / security syn 手机 手機 shǒu jī cell phone / mobile phone / CL:部[bu4],支[zhi1] syn 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 保险 保險 bǎo xiǎn insurance / to insure / safe / secure / be sure / be bound to / CL:份[fen4] 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 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 牢固 láo gù firm / secure 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 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) syn 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] 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 固若金汤 固若金湯 gù ruò jīn tāng lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified / invulnerable to attack syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 稳当 穩當 wěn dang reliable / secure / stable / firm syn 捆扎 捆紮 kǔn zā to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down syn 有恃无恐 有恃無恐 yǒu shì wú kǒng secure in the knowledge that one has backing 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 安泰 ān tài at peace / healthy and secure 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 紧闭 緊閉 jǐn bì to close securely / tightly closed / secure 弄到 nòng dào to get hold of / to obtain / to secure / to come by 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) 铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) 金饭碗 金飯碗 jīn fàn wǎn secure and lucrative job 坚如磐石 堅如磐石 jiān rú pán shí solid as a boulder (idiom) / absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding syn 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 巩 鞏 gǒng (bound form) to fix in place / to make firm and secure 扼襟控咽 è jīn kòng yān to secure a stranglehold (idiom) / fig. to hold a strategic pass 红机 紅機 hóng jī red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite 全球贸易安全与便利标准框架 全球貿易安全與便利標準框架 Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade / framework of standards to secure and facilitate global trade 车载保密流动通信机 車載保密流動通信機 secure mobile set / secure vehicular set 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) 空号 空號 kōng hào disconnected phone number / unassigned phone number 安如泰山 ān rú tài shān as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock syn 加密套接字协议层 加密套接字協議層 jiā mì tào jiē zì xié yì céng Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing) 居官 jū guān to secure a position / to take an official appointment 万安 萬安 wàn ān completely secure / a sure thing / rest assured 保密基地台 secure base station 加密型中继器 secure repeater 埃格蒙特保密网 Egmont Secure Web 亚佩克区域安全贸易倡议 yà pèi kè qū yù ān quán mào yì chàng yì Secure Trade in the APEC Region initiative / STAR initiative 抗欺骗频率 spoofing-secure frequency 全球安居运动 全球安居運動 quán qiú ān jū yùn dòng Global Campaign for Secure Tenure 外地环境安全指导 外地環境安全指導 Secure and Safe Approaches in Field Environments 区域组织促进安全世界伙伴关系 區域組織促進安全世界伙伴關系 qū yù zǔ zhī cù jìn ān quán shì jiè huǒ bàn guān xì Regional Organizations' Partnership for a More Secure World 保密电报 保密電報 bǎo mì diàn bào secure telegraphy 个人身份安全比较和评估系统 個人身份安全比較和評估系統 Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System 安全世界基金会 安全世界基金會 Secure World Foundation 安居运动 安居運動 Campaign for Secure Dwellings 安全可靠的住房 safe and secure housing 保密通信 secure link 为儿童建设和平安全的未来世界会议 為兒童建設和平安全的未來世界會議 World Conference for a Peaceful and Secure Future for Children 安全无虞 安全無虞 ān quán wú yú safe and secure 牢实 牢實 láo shi solid / strong / firm / secure 小胜 小勝 xiǎo shèng (sports) to secure a narrow win / to edge out 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 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 