电话 (diànhuà) means Telephone (phone - phone call). Below are 24 of the 35 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
你知道他的 电话 吗？
Nǐ zhīdào tā de diànhuà ma?
Do you know his phone number?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 知道
刚才是谁打的 电话 ？
Gāngcái shì shéi dǎ de diànhuà?
Who was that on the phone just now?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刚才
电话 响了，快去接。
Diànhuà xiǎng le, kuài qù jiē.
The phone is ringing; go and answer it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 响
他的 电话 一直占线。
Tā de diànhuà yìzhí zhànxiàn.
His line has been busy the whole time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 占线
驾驶时不要打 电话 。
Jiàshǐ shí bùyào dǎ diànhuà.
Do not use the phone while driving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 驾驶
他打 电话 询问价格。
Tā dǎ diànhuà xúnwèn jiàgé.
He phoned to ask about the price.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 询问
他收到了恐吓 电话 。
Tā shōudào le kǒnghè diànhuà.
He received a threatening phone call.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恐吓
她故意不接我的 电话 。
Tā gùyì bù jiē wǒ de diànhuà.
She deliberately did not answer my call.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 故意
请留下你的 电话 号码。
Qǐng liú xià nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ.
Please leave your telephone number.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 号码
开车打 电话 非常危险。
Kāi chē dǎ diànhuà fēicháng wēixiǎn.
Phoning while driving is extremely dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 危险
我们交换了 电话 号码。
Wǒmen jiāohuàn le diànhuà hàomǎ.
We exchanged phone numbers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 交换
他每天给老婆打 电话 。
Tā měi tiān gěi lǎopó dǎ diànhuà.
He calls his wife every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老婆
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From the graded readers
她给我打 电话 ，我没接。
tā gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà, wǒ méi jiē.
She rang me and I didn't pick up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
昨天晚上九点，妈妈给我打 电话 。
zuótiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.
At nine last night my mum called me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
可是今天早上，他们打 电话 来了。
kěshì jīntiān zǎoshang, tāmen dǎdiànhuà lái le / liǎo / liào.
But this morning they rang.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
八点的时候，妈妈给我打了视频 电话 。
bā diǎn de / dì shíhou, māma gěi wǒ dǎle shìpín diànhuà.
At eight my mum made a video call.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
我用电脑给自己打 电话 ，可是没有人接。
wǒ yòng diànnǎo gěi zìjǐ dǎdiànhuà, kěshì méiyǒu rén jiē.
I rang my own number from the computer, but nobody picked up.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
早上我给妈妈打 电话 ，她只说了几句话就挂了。
zǎoshang wǒ gěi māma dǎdiànhuà, tā zhī shuōle jǐ / jī jù huà jiù guà le / liǎo / liào.
In the morning I rang my mum; she said a couple of words and hung up.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我给她打 电话 的时候，她说这封信她写了两次。
wǒ gěi tā dǎdiànhuà de / dì shíhou, tā shuō zhè / zhèi fēng xìn tā xiěle liǎngcì.
When I rang her, she said she'd written the letter twice.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
电话 appears in 35 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 电话
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How is 电话 used in a sentence?
This page shows 35 sentences using 电话 (diànhuà, "Telephone (phone - phone call)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
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The dictionary page for 电话 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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