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电话diàn huàtelephone

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电话 (diàn huà) means "telephone" or "phone call." As telephone, see 我家的电话在桌子上 (Our home telephone is on the table). As phone call, see 我明天给你打电话 (I will give you a phone call tomorrow) and 妈妈晚上给我打电话了 (Mom gave me a phone call in the evening). This entry covers these two senses.

What does 电话 mean?

  1. 1.

    telephonenoun

  2. 2.

    phone callnoun

What do the characters in 电话 mean?

  • 电electric
  • 话spoken words

How do you use 电话?

See it in 我家的电话在桌子上, 我明天给你打电话 and 妈妈晚上给我打电话了.

Patterns

  • 给 + person + 打电话

    我明天给你打电话。

    Wǒ míngtiān gěi nǐ dǎ diàn huà.

    I will give you a phone call tomorrow.

What are some examples of 电话 in a sentence?

  1. 我家的电话在桌子上。

    Wǒ jiā de diànhuà zài zhuōzi shang.

    Our home telephone is on the table.

  2. 我明天给你打电话。

    Wǒ míngtiān gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.

    I will give you a phone call tomorrow.

  3. 妈妈晚上给我打电话了。

    Māma wǎnshang gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà le.

    Mom gave me a phone call in the evening.

How is 电话 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你明天在家吗?

    Nǐ míngtiān zài jiā ma?

    Will you be at home tomorrow?

  2. Speaker B:

    在。

    Zài.

    Yes.

  3. Speaker A:

    我明天给你打电话。

    Wǒ míngtiān gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.

    I will give you a phone call tomorrow.

  4. Speaker B:

    好,我等你的电话。

    Hǎo, wǒ děng nǐ de diànhuà.

    OK, I'll wait for your call.

Can you use 电话 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank: 我明天给你打___。 (I will give you a phone call tomorrow.)
  2. 2.What does 我家的电话在桌子上。 mean?
  3. 3.What does 电话 mean?

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.