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| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then") |
| 电 | diàn | lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 接 | jiē | to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb |
| 刷 | shuā | a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) |
| 挂 | guà | to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 通 | tōng | to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通话 | tōng huà | to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call |
| 打通 | dǎ tōng | to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) |
| 来电 | lái diàn | 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 |
| 储值 | chǔ zhí | (Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up |
| 拨通 | bō tōng | to get through to sb on the phone |
| 回电 | huí diàn | to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram |
| 叫车 | jiào chē | to call a cab (by phone) / to request a ride (via an app) |
| 停机 | tíng jī | (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit |
| 绑定 | bǎng dìng | (loanword) binding; to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number) |
| 打字 | dǎ zì | to type (using a keyboard, typewriter or phone etc) |
| 挂机 | guà jī | to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc) |
| 接听 | jiē tīng | to answer the phone |
| 挂断 | guà duàn | to hang up (a phone) |
| 翻盖 | fān gài | flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc) / to rebuild / to renovate |
| 改运 | gǎi yùn | to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number) |
| 煲电话粥 | bāo diàn huà zhōu | to talk endlessly on the phone |
| 传呼 | chuán hū | to notify sb of a call / to call sb to the phone |
| 通电话 | tōng diàn huà | to phone sb up |
| 收线 | shōu xiàn | to reel in (a fishing line etc) / to hang up the phone |