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打 dǎ to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide 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" / (coll.) from; since
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
响铃 xiǎng líng (of a bell, alarm, or phone) to ring
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
格机 gé jī (coll.) to factory-reset a phone (or other device)
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


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