接听 meaning in English

jiētīng

to answer the phone

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 接聽18 strokes

Meaning of 接听

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiētīng
  1. to answer the phone

接听 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

请qǐng你nǐ接jiē听tīng一yī下xià电diàn话huà,好hǎo吗ma?
Answer the telephone, will you?
呼hū叫jiào中zhōng心xīn的de员yuán工gōng负fù责zé接jiē听tīng所suǒ有yǒu客kè服fú电diàn话huà。
Employees of the call centre answer all customer service calls.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

接 jiē · to receive · 11 strokes

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听 tīng · to listen to · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 接听.

听到tīngdàoto hear
听见tīngjiànto hear
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
听写tīngxiě(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
接受jiēshòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
直接zhíjiēdirectly; direct
接下来jiē xiàláito accept; to take
接着jiēzheto catch and hold on; to continue
接到jiēdàoto receive (letter etc)
难听nántīngunpleasant to hear; coarse
听讲tīngjiǎngto attend a lecture; to listen to a talk

Questions about 接听

What does 接听 mean?

接听 (jiētīng) means "to answer the phone" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 接听?

接听 is made of 2 characters: 接 (11 strokes), 听 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 接听 an HSK word?

Yes. 接听 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 接听 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 接听 is written 接聽.