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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 电话
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 电话 | diàn huà | - telephone - CL:部[bu4] - phone call - CL:通[tong1] - phone number |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 219 | 503 | 465 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 电 | diàn | - lightning - electricity - electric (bound form) - to get (or give) an electric shock - phone call or telegram etc - to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 话 | huà | - dialect - language - spoken words - speech - talk - words - conversation - what sb said - CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1] |
| 话 | huà | - old variant of 話|话[hua4] |
Other Words Containing 电话
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 电话 | - | 1 | 219 | 503 | 465 |
| 打电话 | 1 | 1 | 314 | 2,125 | 1,157 |
| 电话线 | - | - | 8,939 | 30,977 | 35,283 |
| 电话亭 | - | - | 10,203 | 35,393 | 34,057 |
| 电话簿 | - | - | 12,281 | 42,463 | 27,758 |
| 通电话 | - | - | 12,452 | 19,531 | 15,624 |
| 公用电话 | - | - | 14,307 | - | - |
| 电话会议 | - | - | 18,062 | 17,251 | 32,049 |
| 无线电话 | - | - | 18,345 | 71,706 | 108,934 |
| 长途电话 | - | - | 23,446 | 31,456 | 41,818 |
| 电话本 | - | - | 24,237 | - | - |
| 电话机 | - | - | 26,299 | 26,058 | 36,532 |
| 可视电话 | - | - | 34,387 | - | - |
| 电话网 | - | - | 64,426 | 54,841 | 90,375 |