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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *電* | 電* | *電
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
headphones / earphones / telephone receiver
HSK 4
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
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
HSK 7-9
microphone / (telephone) receiver; handset / megaphone / (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
HSK 7-9
magnetic card / IC Card (telephone)
HSK 7-9
(telephone) extension / CL: 臺|台
(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
electric pole / telephone pole
central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard
telephone network
telephone booth
telephone directory
to dial a telephone number
mobile telephone
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
(telephone) conference call
telephone dial
radio telephony / wireless telephone
to eavesdrop / to tap (telephone conversations) / to intercept and investigate
switchboard operator; telephone operator
busy (telephone line)
telephone (loanword)
to inform by telegraph, telephone etc
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
telephone set
automatic telephone exchange
telephone receiver / headphone / earphone / earpiece / stethoscope
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
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 , to shout
neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
to dismantle a machine / to terminate a telephone service
hands-free (telephone function)
stored-value card; prepaid card (telephone, transport etc)
telephone line / telephone wire
(Tw) hands-free (telephone function)
telephone network
telephone line
(Tw) to make a telephone call (generally as a representative of a company, school or agency etc, to an individual, often for the purpose of conducting a survey) (abbr. for 電話訪問|电话访问)
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
(of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted
telephone pole / utility pole
e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务) / (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone
(telephone) ring / ringing
(Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
(Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
public telephone network
area code / telephone dialing code
switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
landline telephone / fixed-line telephone
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
long-term calling card (telephone)
Vodafone (telephone company)
mobile telephone
red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite
to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
telephone booth
calling card (telephone)
telephone signal
area code / telephone dialing code
telephone card
telephone contact notebook; address book
"Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits)


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