电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电话
diànhuà
telephone; phone call
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我的电话在哪儿？ Wǒ de diànhuà zài nǎr? Where is my phone?
- 我有你的电话。 Wǒ yǒu nǐ de diànhuà. I have your phone number.
- 电话在桌子上。 Diànhuà zài zhuōzi shang. The phone is on the table.
- 请用电话告诉我。 Qǐng yòng diànhuà gàosu wǒ. Please tell me by phone.
- 老师正在打电话。 Lǎoshī zhèngzài dǎ diànhuà. The teacher is on the phone.
- 电话里是谁？ Diànhuà lǐ shì shéi? Who's on the phone?
- 我没有他的电话。 Wǒ méiyǒu tā de diànhuà. I don't have his phone number.
- 请别在这儿打电话。 Qǐng bié zài zhèr dǎ diànhuà. Please don't make a phone call here.
- 下课后我打电话。 Xiàkè hòu wǒ dǎ diànhuà. I'll call after class.
- 爸爸在电话里说话。 Bàba zài diànhuà lǐ shuōhuà. Dad is talking on the phone.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn email
- 充电 chōngdiàn to charge