"to phone" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
致电致電	zhì diàn	to phone / to telegram	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
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)
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
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
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]
大哥大	dà gē dà	cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss	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)
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)
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
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)
红机紅機	hóng jī	red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite
空号空號	kōng hào	disconnected phone number / unassigned phone number
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
保密电话保密電話	bǎo mì diàn huà	secure telephone / secure phone
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
煲电话粥煲電話粥	bāo diàn huà zhōu	to talk endlessly on the phone
解绑解綁	jiě bǎng	to unbind (e.g. a phone number from an account)
改运改運	gǎi yùn	to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
背夹电池背夾電池	bèi jiā diàn chí	battery case (for a phone)
叫车叫車	jiào chē	to call a cab (by phone) / to request a ride (via an app)
储值儲值	chǔ zhí	(Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account) / to top up
拨通撥通	bō tōng	to get through to sb on the phone
尾号尾號	wěi hào	last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc
手机壳手機殼	shǒu jī ké	cell phone case
跑分	pǎo fēn	(computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc / (benchmark test) score / (sports) run (scoring unit in cricket) / to provide a channel for the transfer of illegally obtained funds (in return for a commission)
销号銷號	xiāo hào	to close an account / to cancel a (phone) number

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"to phone" Chinese-English Dictionary

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