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 拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies 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 工具 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) syn 通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument 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 仪器 儀器 yí qì instrument / apparatus / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 喇叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4] syn 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 弹琴 彈琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument 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 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon syn 电话簿 電話簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) 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 读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument) 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 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 票据 票據 piào jù negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher / receipt syn 听筒 聽筒 tīng tǒng telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope syn 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 电话机 電話機 diàn huà jī telephone set syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 琴弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) 双簧管 雙簧管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 颤音 顫音 chàn yīn vibrato (of stringed instrument) / trill (in phonetics) 铜管 銅管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music) 尺子 chǐ zi ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[ba3] syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 批准书 pī zhǔn shū instrument of ratification 管乐器 管樂器 guǎn yuè qì wind instrument / woodwind 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 电话网 電話網 diàn huà wǎng telephone network 琴师 琴師 qín shī player of a stringed instrument syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 弦乐器 弦樂器 xián yuè qì string instrument syn 电告 電告 diàn gào to inform by telegraph, telephone etc syn 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 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 固定电话 固定電話 gù dìng diàn huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone 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 电话卡 電話卡 diàn huà kǎ telephone card 免提 miǎn tí hands-free (telephone function) 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 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) 弹唱 彈唱 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument) 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 沃达丰 沃達豐 wò dá fēng Vodafone (telephone company) 无绳电话 無繩電話 wú shéng diàn huà cordless telephone 光学仪器 光學儀器 guāng xué yí qì optical instrument 金融工具 jīn róng gōng jù financial instrument 电话区号 電話區號 diàn huà qū hào telephone area code 分度 fēn dù graduation (of a measuring instrument) 区码 區碼 qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code 葫芦丝 葫蘆絲 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) 侦听 偵聽 zhēn tīng to eavesdrop / to tap (telephone conversations) / to intercept and investigate 储值卡 儲值卡 chǔ zhí kǎ stored-value card / prepaid card (telephone, transport etc) 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 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 打击乐器 打擊樂器 dǎ jī yuè qì percussion instrument syn 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 芦笙 蘆笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument 编钟 編鐘 biān zhōng set of bells (old Chinese music instrument) 马头琴 馬頭琴 mǎ tóu qín morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument) 监测仪器 監測儀器 monitoring instrument 巴乌 巴烏 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn 幺 么 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 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue syn 