电话

Character by character

• 电diàn5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 電electricity; electric; lightning
• 话huà8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 話speech, talk, language; dialect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 打电话。

  Dǎ diàn huà

  Make a call.

  Listen

• 接电话。

  Jiē diàn huà

  Answer the phone.

  Listen

• 我在打电话。

  Wǒ zài dǎ diàn huà

  I'm on the phone.

  Listen

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 电话. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 话huàHSK 1

  dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said

• 电影diàn yǐngHSK 1

  movie; film

• 电视diàn shìHSK 1

  television; TV

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 电脑diàn nǎoHSK 1

  computer

• 电diànHSK 1

  lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 电子diàn zǐ

  electronic; electron (particle physics)

• 讲话jiǎng huàHSK 2

  a speech; to speak; to talk; to address

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 话题huà tíHSK 3

  subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

• 一句话yī jù huàHSK 5

  in a word; in short

• 谈话tán huàHSK 3

  to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation

• 对话duì huàHSK 2

  to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

• 电力diàn lìHSK 6

  electrical power; electricity

• 电梯diàn tīHSK 4

  elevator; escalator

• 电视台diàn shì táiHSK 3

  television station

• 电池diàn chíHSK 5

  battery

• 实话shí huàHSK 7

  truth

• 笑话xiào huaHSK 2

  joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock

• 电视剧diàn shì jùHSK 3

  TV series; TV drama

• 电台diàn táiHSK 3

  transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station

• 通话tōng huàHSK 6

  to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call