電話

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

From  (デン, den, electric) +  (ワ, wa, conversation). See also 話す (はなす, hanasu).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /de.ɴ.wa/, [de̞˨.ɴ˦.wä˦]

Noun [edit]

電話 (hiragana でんわ, romaji denwa)

  1. a telephone
    電話引く
    でんわひく
    Denwa o hiku.
    To install a telephone.
    電話出る
    でんわでる
    Denwa ni deru.
    To answer the phone.
  2. a telephone call, a phone call, a call
    電話掛ける
    でんわかける
    Denwa o kakeru.
    To make a call.
    電話掛かって来る
    でんわかかってくる
    Denwa ga kakatte kuru.
    To receive a call.
    電話を切る
    でんわをきる
    Denwa o kiru.
    To hang up.

Compounds [edit]

Verb [edit]

電話 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana でんわする, romaji denwa suru)電話する 電話 suru

  1. to make a phone call, to telephone someone, to call someone

Usage notes [edit]

  • 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 (ni):
    私は彼に電話するつもりだ。
    わたしはかれにでんわするつもりだ。
    Watashi wa kare ni denwa suru tsumori da.
    I'm going to call him.

Conjugation [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja in this word

Noun [edit]

電話 (jeonhwa, hangeul 전화)

  1. a telephone

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 电话
trad.

Etymology [edit]

From Japanese.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (file)
  • IPA: [ tiɛn˥˩xua˥˩ ]

Noun [edit]

電話 (traditional, Pinyin diànhuà, simplified 电话)

  1. telephone; phone
    不在時候電話
    dāng nǐ búzài de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le
    The phone rang when you weren't here.

Derived terms [edit]


Min Nan [edit]

simpl. 电话
trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ tɪɛn˨˩ue˧˧ ]

Noun [edit]

電話 (traditional, POJ tiān-ōe, simplified 电话)

  1. telephone; phone

Derived terms [edit]