電話

See also: 电话

Chinese

electric; electricity; electrical
 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (電話) 電 話
simp. (电话) 电 话

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 電(でん)話(わ) (denwa).

Pronunciation


Noun

電話

  1. (countable) telephone; phone (Classifier: 部)
    電話民調/电话民调  ―  diànhuà míndiào  ―  telephone poll
    來電話了。/来电话了。  ―  Lái diànhuà le.  ―  The telephone is ringing.
    電話佔線。/电话占线。  ―  Diànhuà zhànxiàn.  ―  The line is busy.
    你不在的時候,電話響了。 [MSC, trad.]
    你不在的时候,电话响了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ bù zài de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le. [Pinyin]
    The phone rang when you weren't here.
    麻煩您幫我接通書記辦公室的電話,好嗎? [MSC, trad.]
    麻烦您帮我接通书记办公室的电话,好吗? [MSC, simp.]
    Máfan nín bāng wǒ jiētōng shūjì bàngōngshì de diànhuà, hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
    Could you please connect me to the secretary's office?
    公共電話/公共电话 [Hokkien]  ―  kong-kiōng tiān-ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  public telephone
  2. (countable) telephone call; phone call; call (Classifier: 通 m mn; 個/个 m c)
    接通電話/接通电话  ―  jiētōng diànhuà  ―  to connect a call
    騷擾電話/骚扰电话  ―  sāorǎo diànhuà  ―  nuisance call
    電話接通了。/电话接通了。  ―  Diànhuà jiētōng le.  ―  The call has been put through.
    我給你打電話。/我给你打电话。  ―  Wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.  ―  I'll give you a call.
    打個電話俾佢 [Cantonese, trad.]
    打个电话俾佢 [Cantonese, simp.]
    daa2 go3 din6 waa6 bei2 keoi5 [Jyutping]
    give them a call
  3. (colloquial) telephone number; phone number; number
    你的電話是多少?/你的电话是多少?  ―  Nǐ de diànhuà shì duōshǎo?  ―  What's your phone number?

Usage notes

Note that in Mandarin, the noun 電話/电话 (diànhuà, “telephone”) is used in any verb involving a phone, such as 打電話/打电话 (dǎ diànhuà, “to make a phone call”), 回電話/回电话 (huí diànhuà, “to call back”), 接電話/接电话 (jiē diànhuà, “to answer the phone”), etc.

In Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, 電話/电话 (diànhuà) often refers to a mobile phone in many contexts.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: dianqhuaq
  • → Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦧᦱᧈ (ṫaen¹ẋwaa¹)
  • → Zhuang: denva

See also

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電 話
でん
Grade: 2
わ
Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon

Alternative forms

  • (honorific) お電話(でんわ) (o-denwa)

Etymology

Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) +‎ 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) でんわ [dèńwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [dẽ̞ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠]
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Noun

電(でん)話(わ) • (denwa) 

  1. telephone
    電話(でんわ)を引(ひ)く
    denwa o hiku
    to install a telephone
    電話(でんわ)に出(で)る
    denwa ni deru
    to answer the phone
  2. telephone call; phone call; call
    電話(でんわ)を掛(か)ける
    denwa o kakeru
    to make a call
    電話(でんわ)が掛(か)かって来(く)る
    denwa ga kakatte kuru
    to receive a call
    電話(でんわ)を切(き)る
    denwa o kiru
    to hang up

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

電(でん)話(わ)する • (denwa suru) suru (stem 電(でん)話(わ)し (denwa shi), past 電(でん)話(わ)した (denwa shita))

  1. to make a phone call; to telephone; to call

Usage notes

  • In order to imply whom one is calling as is done in English with the preposition to in make a phone call to or by the objective case as him in the sentence I called him, the Japanese use に (ni):
    私(わたし)は彼(かれ)に電話(でんわ)するつもりだ。
    Watashi wa kare ni denwa suru tsumori da.
    I'm going to call him.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
電話

Noun

電話 • (jeonhwa) (hangeul 전화)

  1. Hanja form? of 전화 (“telephone”).

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
電 話
でぃん
Grade: 2
わ
Grade: 2

Noun

電話 (hiragana でぃんわ, rōmaji dinwa)

  1. telephone

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
電話

Noun

電話

  1. chữ Hán form of điện thoại (“telephone”).
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