電話
See also: 电话
Chinese
electric; electricity; electrical | spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | ||
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trad. (電話) | 電 | 話 | |
simp. (电话) | 电 | 话 |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 電話 (denwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
電話
- (countable) telephone; phone (Classifier: 部)
- 電話民調/电话民调 ― diànhuà míndiào ― telephone poll
- 來電話了。/来电话了。 ― Lái diànhuà le. ― The telephone is ringing.
- 電話佔線。/电话占线。 ― Diànhuà zhànxiàn. ― The line is busy.
- 你不在的時候,電話響了。 [MSC, trad.]
- Nǐ bù zài de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le. [Pinyin]
- The phone rang when you weren't here.
你不在的时候,电话响了。 [MSC, simp.]- 麻煩您幫我接通書記辦公室的電話,好嗎? [MSC, trad.]
- Máfan nín bāng wǒ jiētōng shūjì bàngōngshì de diànhuà, hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
- Could you please connect me to the secretary's office?
麻烦您帮我接通书记办公室的电话,好吗? [MSC, simp.]- 公共電話/公共电话 [Hokkien] ― kong-kiōng tiān-ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― public telephone
- (countable) telephone call; phone call; call (Classifier: 通 m mn; 個/个 m c)
- 接通電話/接通电话 ― jiētōng diànhuà ― to connect a call
- 騷擾電話/骚扰电话 ― sāorǎo diànhuà ― nuisance call
- 電話接通了。/电话接通了。 ― Diànhuà jiētōng le. ― The call has been put through.
- 我給你打電話。/我给你打电话。 ― Wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. ― I'll give you a call.
- 打個電話俾佢 [Cantonese, trad.]
- daa2 go3 din6 waa6 bei2 keoi5 [Jyutping]
- give them a call
打个电话俾佢 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (colloquial) telephone number; phone number; number
- 你的電話是多少?/你的电话是多少? ― Nǐ de diànhuà shì duōshǎo? ― What's your phone number?
Usage notes
Note that in Mandarin, the noun 電話/电话 (diànhuà, “telephone”) is used in any verb involving a phone, such as 打電話/打电话 (dǎ diànhuà, “to make a phone call”), 回電話/回电话 (huí diànhuà, “to call back”), 接電話/接电话 (jiē diànhuà, “to answer the phone”), etc.
In Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, 電話 often refers to a mobile phone in many contexts.
Synonyms
- (telephone): (chiefly Taishanese, dated) 喊線/喊线; (chiefly Wu, dated) 德律風/德律风 (délǜfēng)
Derived terms
Derived terms from 電話
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Descendants
- → Bouyei: dianqhuaq
- → Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦧᦱᧈ (ṫaen1ẋwaa1)
- → Zhuang: denva
See also
- 大哥大 (dàgēdà)
- 手機/手机 (shǒujī)
Further reading
- “Entry #10366”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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電 | 話 |
でん Grade: 2 | わ Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’yōon |
Alternative forms
- (honorific) お電話 (o-denwa)
Etymology
Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) でんわ [dèńwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [dẽ̞ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠]
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Noun
電話 • (denwa)
- telephone
- 電話を引く
- denwa o hiku
- to install a telephone
- 電話に出る
- denwa ni deru
- to answer the phone
- 電話を引く
- telephone call; phone call; call
- 電話を掛ける
- denwa o kakeru
- to make a call
- 電話が掛かって来る
- denwa ga kakatte kuru
- to receive a call
- 電話を切る
- denwa o kiru
- to hang up
- 電話を掛ける
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 電話を切る (denwa o kiru): to hang up
- 携帯電話 (keitaidenwa): a cellular [mobile] phone
- 移動電話 (idōdenwa): a mobile telephone
- 衛星電話 (eiseidenwa): a satellite phone
- 親子電話 (oyakodenwa): an extension telephone
- 公衆電話 (kōshūdenwa): a pay public phone
- 青電話 (aodenwa)
- 赤電話 (akadenwa)
- アドオン電話 (adoondenwa)
- 糸電話 (itodenwa): a string telephone
- 脅迫電話 (kyōhakudenwa)
- コードレス電話 (kōdoresudenwa): a cordless phone
- 国際電信電話 (kokusaidenshindenwa)
- 国際電話 (kokusaidenwa): international phone (calls)
- 市外電話 (shigaidenwa): a long-distance call
- 自動車電話 (jidōshadenwa): a car telephone
- 卓上電話 (takujōdenwa)
- 長距離電話 (chōkyoridenwa): a long distance call
- 直通電話 (chokutsūdenwa)
- 通常加入電話 (tsūjōkanyūdenwa)
- テレビ電話 (terebidenwa): a videophone
- 転送電話 (tensōdenwa)
- 内線電話 (naisendenwa)
- 長電話 (nagadenwa): a long telephone conversation
- 無言電話 (mugondenwa): a silent call
- 無線電話 (musendenwa)
- 呼び出し電話 (yobidashidenwa)
- 留守番電話 (rusubandenwa): answering machine
- 電話ボックス (denwabokkusu): a telephone booth[box]
- 電話会社 (denwagaisha)
- 電話回線 (denwakaisen)
- 電話機 (denwaki)
- 電話局 (denwakyoku)
- 電話交換局 (denwakōkankyoku)
- 電話交換手 (denwakōkanshu)
- 電話交換台 (denwakōkandai)
- 電話口 (denwaguchi)
- 電話室 (denwashitsu)
- 電話世論調査 (denwaseronchōsa)
- 電話線 (denwasen): a telephone wire
- 電話中 (denwachū)
- 電話帳 (denwachō): a telephone book
- 電話調査 (denwachōsa)
- 電話番号 (denwabangō): a telephone number
- 電話網 (denwamō): a telephone net
- 電話料 (denwaryō)
- 電話加入者 (denwakanyūsha)
- 悪戯電話 (itazuradenwa): a prank call
- 共同電話 (kyōdōdenwa): a party line
- ダイヤル式電話 (daiyarushikidenwa): a dial telephone
- プッシュホン式電話 (pusshuhonshikidenwa): a push-button telephone
Descendants
- → Amis: tingwa, dingwa
- → Atayal: renwa'
- → Bunun: ding-ua, zing-ua
- → Chinese: 電話, 电话 (diànhuà)
- → Kavalan: dingwa
- → Korean: 전화 (jeonhwa)
- → Okinawan: 電話 (でぃんわ, dinwa)
- → Paiwan: dingwa
- → Pingelapese: dengiwa
- → Pohnpeian: dengwa
- → Puyuma: dingwa
- → Rukai: dingwa, dinva
- → Taroko: dengwa
- → Tsou: tenva
- → Vietnamese: điện thoại
- → Yami: dingwa
Verb
電話する • (denwa suru) suru (stem 電話し (denwa shi), past 電話した (denwa shita))
- to make a phone call; to telephone; to call
Usage notes
- In order to imply whom one is calling as is done in English with the preposition to in make a phone call to or by the objective case as him in the sentence I called him, the Japanese use に (ni):
- 私は彼に電話するつもりだ。
- Watashi wa kare ni denwa suru tsumori da.
- I'm going to call him.
- 私は彼に電話するつもりだ。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "電話する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 電話し | でんわし | denwa shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 電話し | でんわし | denwa shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 電話する | でんわする | denwa suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 電話する | でんわする | denwa suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 電話すれ | でんわすれ | denwa sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 電話せよ¹ 電話しろ² | でんわせよ¹ でんわしろ² | denwa seyo¹ denwa shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 電話される | でんわされる | denwa sareru | |
Causative | 電話させる 電話さす | でんわさせる でんわさす | denwa saseru denwa sasu | |
Potential | 電話できる | でんわできる | denwa dekiru | |
Volitional | 電話しよう | でんわしよう | denwa shiyō | |
Negative | 電話しない | でんわしない | denwa shinai | |
Negative continuative | 電話せず | でんわせず | denwa sezu | |
Formal | 電話します | でんわします | denwa shimasu | |
Perfective | 電話した | でんわした | denwa shita | |
Conjunctive | 電話して | でんわして | denwa shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 電話すれば | でんわすれば | denwa sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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電 | 話 |
Noun
電話 • (jeonhwa) (hangeul 전화)
- Hanja form? of 전화 (“telephone”).
Okinawan
Kanji in this term | |
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電 | 話 |
でぃん Grade: 2 | わ Grade: 2 |
Noun
電話 (hiragana でぃんわ, rōmaji dinwa)
- telephone
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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電 | 話 |
Noun
電話
- chữ Hán form of điện thoại (“telephone”).