(diàn huà) - telephone, phone call in Mandarin
diànhuàTraditional: 電話
Translation
telephone, phone call
Word origin
The word 电话 combines 电 'electricity' with 话 'speech', literally 'electric speech', the term coined for the telephone. 电 (traditional 電) depicts lightning with the 雨 (rain) element; 话 has the 言 (speech) radical.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 电 (diàn, electricity: 雨 rain element) + 话 (huà, speech: 言 speech radical)
Stroke order
电
话
Examples
。
Call me.
？
What is the phone number?
。
I received a phone call.
。
Mum is on the phone.
。
Please leave your phone number.
电话 (diàn huà) means telephone, phone call. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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(8)Grammar articles
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