来电 meaning in English

láidiàn

incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram

HSK 7-9verbnounTraditional 來電12 strokes

Meaning of 来电

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

láidiàn
  1. incoming telephone call (or telegram)
  2. to phone in; to send in a telegram
  3. to have an instant attraction to sb
  4. (of electricity, after an outage) to come back

来电 in example sentences

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

当dāng你nǐ有yǒu需xū要yào或huò只zhǐ是shì想xiǎng说shuō话huà时shí,请qǐng来lái电diàn!
If you need something or want to talk, feel free to call.
电diàn话huà运yùn营yíng商shāng提tí示shì来lái电diàn人rén等děng候hòu接jiē通tōng。
The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.

Stroke order for each character

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

来 lái · to come · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 来电.

回来huíláito return; to come back
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
出来chūláito come out; to appear
电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
进来jìnláito come in
电影diànyǐngmovie; film
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
电视diànshìtelevision; TV
电脑diànnǎocomputer
电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater
电视机diànshìjītelevision set

Questions about 来电

What does 来电 mean?

来电 (láidiàn) means "incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 来电?

来电 is made of 2 characters: 来 (7 strokes), 电 (5 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 来电 an HSK word?

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

How is 来电 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 来电 is written 來電.