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 信号 信號 xìn hào signal 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 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 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 噪音 zào yīn rumble / noise / static (in a signal) syn 接收 jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate syn 举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal) 手势 手勢 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 暗号 暗號 àn hào secret signal (sign) / countersign / password 耳机 耳機 ěr jī headphones / earphones / telephone receiver syn 拨号 撥號 bō hào to dial a telephone number 讯号 訊號 xùn hào signal 电话线 電話線 diàn huà xiàn telephone line / telephone wire 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 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 电话簿 電話簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory 信号灯 信號燈 xìn hào dēng signal light / car indicator 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 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 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn 红绿灯 紅綠燈 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light / traffic signal 听筒 聽筒 tīng tǒng telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope syn 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 电话机 電話機 diàn huà jī telephone set syn 号子 號子 hào zi work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm syn 电信号 電信號 diàn xìn hào electrical signal 旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn 颐指气使 頤指氣使 yí zhǐ qì shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy syn 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion syn 警号 警號 jǐng hào alarm / alert / warning signal 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 烽烟 烽煙 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) syn 电话网 電話網 diàn huà wǎng telephone network 时序 時序 shí xù timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course 分配器 fēn pèi qì dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc) 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 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 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 免提 miǎn tí hands-free (telephone function) 叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 数字信号 數字信號 shù zì xìn hào digital signal 信号处理 信號處理 xìn hào chǔ lǐ signal processing 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) 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 狼烟 狼煙 láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces syn 电话区号 電話區號 diàn huà qū hào telephone area code 区码 區碼 qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code 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) 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 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud 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 毫米波 háo mǐ bō millimeter wave (radio signal) 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 接线生 接線生 jiē xiàn shēng switchboard operator / telephone operator 信噪比 xìn zào bǐ signal-to-noise ratio 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 麾 huī signal flag / to signal syn 拨号盘 撥號盤 bō hào pán telephone dial 颐指风使 頤指風使 yí zhǐ fēng shǐ lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom) / to signal orders by facial gesture / arrogant and bossy 传呼电话 傳呼電話 chuán hū diàn huà neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call 时间基准信号 time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal 定时信号 time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal 固话 固話 gù huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone (abbr. for 固定電話|固定电话[gu4ding4 dian4hua4]) 光信号 光信號 guāng xìn hào optical signal 授时 授時 shòu shí to broadcast a time signal 数位信号 數位信號 shù wèi xìn hào digital signal 信号台 信號臺 xìn hào tái signal station 语音信号 語音信號 yǔ yīn xìn hào voice signal 模拟信号 模擬信號 mó nǐ xìn hào analog signal 讯息传递 訊息傳遞 xùn xī chuán dì signal 信标 信標 xìn biāo a signal 手式 shǒu shì gesture / sign / signal 眼风 眼風 yǎn fēng eye signal / meaningful glance 转向信号 轉向信號 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator 遇险信号 distress signal 被掩信号 obscured signal 响应信号 response signal 