来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来电
láidiàn
incoming call; to call; power is restored
Characters in this word
电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 客服系统会自动记录来电时间和通话内容，方便后续追责。 Kèfú xìtǒng huì zìdòng jìlù láidiàn shíjiān hé tōnghuà nèiróng, fāngbiàn hòuxù zhuīzé. The customer service system automatically records the time and content of incoming calls to facilitate later accountability.
- 你的手机上有一个陌生来电。 Nǐ de shǒujī shang yǒu yí gè mòshēng láidiàn. There is an incoming call from an unknown number on your phone.
- 昨晚停电了，到半夜才来电。 Zuówǎn tíngdiàn le, dào bànyè cái láidiàn. The power went out last night and only came back at midnight.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 来自 láizì to come from
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally