通电话 meaning in English

tōngdiànhuà

to phone sb up

Traditional 通電話23 strokes

Meaning of 通电话

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tōngdiànhuà
  1. to phone sb up

通电话 in example sentences

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

我wǒ昨zuó晚wǎn跟gēn他tā通tōng电diàn话huà了le。
I talked to him on the telephone yesterday night.
她tā打dǎ了le一yí通tòng电diàn话huà给gěi我wǒ。
I had a telephone call from her.
那nà通tōng电diàn话huà是shì引yǐn他tā离lí开kāi房fáng子zi的de一yí个gè小xiǎo把bǎ戏xì。
The phone call was a trick to get him out of the house.

Stroke order for each character

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

通 tōng · to go through · 10 strokes

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电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes

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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 通电话.

电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
电影diànyǐngmovie; film
电视diànshìtelevision; TV
电脑diànnǎocomputer
电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater
电视机diànshìjītelevision set
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)
通过tōngguòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
通知tōngzhīto notify; to inform
普通pǔtōngcommon; ordinary

Questions about 通电话

What does 通电话 mean?

通电话 (tōngdiànhuà) means "to phone sb up".

How do you write 通电话?

通电话 is made of 3 characters: 通 (10 strokes), 电 (5 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

How is 通电话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 通电话 is written 通電話.