Word: 電話 (diànhuà)

不幸的是電話壞了。

Búxìng de shì diànhuà huàile.

Unfortunately, the telephone was out of order.

他一坐下，就拿起了電話。

Tā yí zuòxia, jiù ná qǐle diànhuà.

As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.

他半夜打了個電話給我。

Tā bànyè dǎle gè diànhuà gěi wǒ.

He gave me a ring at midnight.

他給我打了電話。

Tā gěi wǒ dǎle diànhuà.

He has phoned me.

你打過電話了嗎？

Nǐ dǎguò diànhuà le ma?

Did you call?

你接到電話了嗎？

Nǐ jiēdào diànhuà le ma?

Did you manage to answer the phone?

你有一個電話。

Nǐ yǒu yí gè diànhuà.

You have a telephone.

你沒有電話嗎？

Nǐ méiyǒu diànhuà ma?

Don't you have a phone number?

你的電話出問題了嗎？

Nǐ de diànhuà chū wèntí le ma?

Is there something wrong with your phone?

你的電話是哪裡的？

Nǐ de diànhuà shì nǎlǐ de?

Where is your phone?

你的電話是多少？

Nǐ de diànhuà shì duōshǎo?

What's your phone number?

你要接電話。

Nǐ yào jiē diànhuà.

You'll be answering the phones.

幾分鐘後，電話響了。

Jǐ fēnzhōng hòu, diànhuà xiǎng le.

A few minutes later the telephone rang.

到了之後，打個電話給我。

Dàole zhīhòu, dǎ gè diànhuà gěi wǒ.

Phone me once you've arrived.

到辦公室以前，我需要打個電話。

Dào bàngōngshì yǐqián, wǒ xūyào dǎ gè diànhuà.

Before I get to the office, I need to make a phone call.

可以借你的電話用用嗎？

Kěyǐ jiè nǐ de diànhuà yòng yòng ma?

May I use your phone?

哦，能不能請你幫我聽一下電話？

Ó, néng bùnéng qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ tīng yíxià diànhuà?

Oh, could you please answer the phone for me?

在大廳里有一支電話。

Zài dàtīng lǐ yǒu yìzhī diànhuà.

There's a telephone in the hall.

在我洗澡的時候，電話響了。

Zài wǒ xǐzǎo de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le.

I was taking a bath when the telephone rang.

在我洗澡的時候電話響了。

Zài wǒ xǐzǎo de shíhou diànhuà xiǎng le.

The phone rang while I was taking a shower.

她一聽到鈴響，就接了電話。

Tā yì tīngdào líng xiǎng, jiù jiēle diànhuà.

As soon as she heard the bell ring, she answered the telephone.

她打了很多次電話給我。

Tā dǎle hěn duōcì diànhuà gěi wǒ.

She called me many times.

她終於在昨天給我打了電話。

Tā zhōngyú zài zuótiān gěi wǒ dǎle diànhuà.

She finally gave me a call yesterday.

她給我打了很多次電話。

Tā gěi wǒ dǎle hěn duōcì diànhuà.

She called me many a time.

我今早給他打過電話。

Wǒ jīn zǎo gěi tā dǎguò diànhuà.

I called him this morning.

我們電話里說。

Wǒmen diànhuà lǐ shuō.

We talked over the phone.

我們跟叔叔通了電話。

Wǒmen gēn shūshu tōngle diànhuà.

We talked on the phone with our uncle.

我會給你回電話的。

Wǒ huì gěi nǐ huí diànhuà de.

I'll call you back.

我出去的時候有人打我電話嗎？

Wǒ chūqù de shíhou yǒurén dǎ wǒ diànhuà ma?

Did anyone call me while I was out?

我聽到電話響了。

Wǒ tīngdào diànhuà xiǎng le.

I heard the phone ring.

我在洗澡的時候，電話響了。

Wǒ zài xǐzǎo de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le.

The phone rang while I was taking a shower.

我希望你會再打一次電話。

Wǒ xīwàng nǐ huì zài dǎ yícì diànhuà.

I hope you will call again.

我想安裝一臺電話。

Wǒ xiǎng ānzhuāng yì tái diànhuà.

I want to have a telephone installed.

我想打個國際電話。

Wǒ xiǎng dǎ gè guójì diànhuà.

I'd like to make an overseas call.

我才接到他的電話。

Wǒ cái jiēdào tā de diànhuà.

I just got his call.

我正在洗澡的時候電話響了。

Wǒ zhèngzài xǐzǎo de shíhou diànhuà xiǎng le.

When I was taking a bath, the telephone rang.

我沒有接到電話。

Wǒ méiyǒu jiēdào diànhuà.

I didn't manage to answer the phone.

我沒有接電話。

Wǒ méiyǒu jiē diànhuà.

I didn't answer the phone [because I didn't try to].

我的房里有部電話。

Wǒ de fáng lǐ yǒu bù diànhuà.

There's a telephone in my room.

我的房間里有一支電話。

Wǒ de fángjiān lǐ yǒu yìzhī diànhuà.

There's a telephone in my room.

我的電話壞了。

Wǒ de diànhuà huàile.

My phone was out of order.

我能用你的電話嗎？

Wǒ néng yòng nǐ de diànhuà ma?

May I use your phone?

我要打幾個電話。

Wǒ yào dǎ jǐ ge diànhuà.

I had some calls to make.

我要打給我女兒一個電話。

Wǒ yào dǎ gěi wǒ nǚ'ér yí gè diànhuà.

I'm going to call my daughter.

我要接個電話。

Wǒ yào jiē gè diànhuà.

I'm going to take a phone call.

所以我給你打了電話。

Suǒyǐ wǒ gěi nǐ dǎle diànhuà.

That's why I called you.

拜託，誰來接一下電話啊！

Bàituō, shéi lái jiē yíxià diànhuà a!

Come on, someone pick up the phone!

接一下電話。

Jiē yíxià diànhuà.

Pick up the phone.

明天中午叫他打給我一個電話。

Míngtiān zhōngwǔ jiào tā dǎ gěi wǒ yí gè diànhuà.

Tell him to call me tomorrow at noon.

有你的電話。

Yǒu nǐ de diànhuà.

You are wanted on the phone.

沒有人接電話。

Méiyǒu rén jiē diànhuà.

No one answered the phone.

電話響了，你先點一下暫停吧。

Diànhuà xiǎng le, nǐ xiān diǎn yíxià zàntíng ba.

The phone is ringing, so hit pause first.

電話響了好幾次。

Diànhuà xiǎng le hǎo jǐcì.

The telephone rang several times.

電話響的時候，我在看電視。

Diànhuà xiǎng de shíhou, wǒ zài kàn diànshì.

I was watching TV when the telephone rang.

電話是誰發明的？

Diànhuà shì shéi fāmíng de?

Who invented the telephone?

電話來的時候我正好在外面。

Diànhuà lái de shíhou wǒ zhènghǎo zài wàimiàn.

I happened to be out when the call came.

電話正在響。

Diànhuà zhèngzài xiǎng.

The telephone is ringing.

請你別再打我電話了。

Qǐng nǐ bié zài dǎ wǒ diànhuà le.

Please don't call me again.

請先不要掛上電話。

Qǐng xiān búyào guà shàng diànhuà.

Please do not hang up the phone.

請叫她給我回個電話。

Qǐng jiào tā gěi wǒ huí gè diànhuà.

Please tell her to call me back.

請接一下電話。

Qǐng jiē yíxià diànhuà.

Please answer the phone.

誰發明了電話？

Shéi fāmíngle diànhuà?

Who invented the telephone?

走廊里有一部電話。

Zǒuláng lǐ yǒu yíbù diànhuà.

There's a telephone in the hall.

這不是他的電話。

Zhè bú shì tā de diànhuà.

This is not his phone.

這件事在電話里不便多說。

Zhè jiàn shì zài diànhuà lǐ búbiàn duō shuō.

It's not appropriate to say much about this over the phone.