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 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) 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 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card 通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn 身份证 身份證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card / ID 卡片 kǎ piàn card syn 名片 míng piàn (business) card 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 王牌 wáng pái trump card syn 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 贺卡 賀卡 hè kǎ greeting card / congratulation card 纸牌 紙牌 zhǐ pái playing card syn 电话簿 電話簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory 通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 请柬 請柬 qǐng jiǎn invitation card / written invitation syn 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 请帖 請帖 qǐng tiě invitation card / written invitation syn 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate syn 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 圣诞卡 聖誕卡 shèng dàn kǎ Christmas card 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 黑桃 hēi táo spade ♠ (in card games) 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú to plan in advance (idiom) / a card up one's sleeve / forewarned is forearmed syn 听筒 聽筒 tīng tǒng telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope syn 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 学生证 學生證 xué sheng zhèng student identity card 红牌 紅牌 hóng pái red card (sports) 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 电话机 電話機 diàn huà jī telephone set syn 红桃 紅桃 hóng táo heart ♥ (in card games) 借书证 借書證 jiè shū zhèng library card 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 黄牌 黃牌 huáng pái (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment 网卡 網卡 wǎng kǎ network adapter card (computing) 电话网 電話網 diàn huà wǎng telephone network 梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") 贺年卡 賀年卡 hè nián kǎ New Year greeting card 电告 電告 diàn gào to inform by telegraph, telephone etc syn 帖子 tiě zi card / invitation / message / (forum) post 显卡 顯卡 xiǎn kǎ video card / display card (computer) 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 声卡 聲卡 shēng kǎ sound card 充值 chōng zhí to recharge (money onto a card) 银行卡 銀行卡 yín háng kǎ bank card / ATM card 刷卡 shuā kǎ to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 固定电话 固定電話 gù dìng diàn huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone 存储卡 存儲卡 cún chǔ kǎ memory card 读卡器 讀卡器 dú kǎ qì card reader 显示卡 顯示卡 xiǎn shì kǎ graphics card 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 充值卡 chōng zhí kǎ rechargeable card / to recharge a card 斗地主 鬥地主 dòu dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game) 智能卡 zhì néng kǎ smart card 身份证明 身份證明 shēn fèn zhèng míng ID card / proof of identity 免提 miǎn tí hands-free (telephone function) 发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 记忆卡 記憶卡 jì yì kǎ memory card 杀手锏 殺手鐧 shā shǒu jiǎn (fig.) trump card syn 借记卡 借記卡 jiè jì kǎ debit card 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) 换证 換證 huàn zhèng to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance 手机充值卡 手機充值卡 shǒu jī chōng zhí kǎ phone recharge card 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 身分证 身分證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card / also written 身份證|身份证[shen1 fen4 zheng4] 沃达丰 沃達豐 wò dá fēng Vodafone (telephone company) 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) 无绳电话 無繩電話 wú shéng diàn huà cordless telephone 电话区号 電話區號 diàn huà qū hào telephone area code 卡纸 卡紙 kǎ zhǐ cardboard / card stock 储蓄卡 儲蓄卡 chǔ xù kǎ debit card 卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card") 区码 區碼 qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code 中国银联 中國銀聯 zhōng guó yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization 侦听 偵聽 zhēn tīng to eavesdrop / to tap (telephone conversations) / to intercept and investigate 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 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 胸牌 xiōng pái badge / name tag / ID card (worn on the chest) 外卡 wài kǎ (sports) wild card (loanword) 