电话

• 拼音: diàn huà
• 汉字拆解: 电 (electricity) + 话 (speech, words) — electric speech, i.e. telephone

含义

Telephone; phone call. Refers to both the device and the act of calling.

Used for the device (电话在哪里, where is the phone) and for calls (打电话, make a phone call; 接电话, answer the phone). 手机 is more specific for cellphones, while 电话 covers all phones and phone calls.

例句

1. 你的电话号码是多少？
2. 我给你打电话。
3. 有人打电话找你。

用法指南

语境: communication, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请给我打个电话。(Please give me a call.)
• 你的电话号码是多少？(What's your phone number?)

错误说法

• 我电话你 (电话 cannot be used as a verb — say 我给你打电话 for 'I'll call you')

起源与历史

Compound of 电 (electricity) and 话 (speech, words) — speech transmitted by electricity.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal