回電話

See also: 回电话

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	telephone; phone
trad. (回電話)		回	電話
simp. (回电话)		回	电话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huí diànhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ din⁶ waa^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huí diànhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéi diànhuà
    • Wade–Giles: hui² tien⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: hwéi dyàn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei diannhuah
    • Palladius: хуэй дяньхуа (xuej djanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ din⁶ waa^6-2
    • Yale: wùih dihn wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ din⁶ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ din⁶ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ tiːn²² waː²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

回⫽電話 (verb-object)

1. to call back someone on the telephone

   他忘了給他媽媽回個電話。 [MSC, trad.]
   他忘了给他妈妈回个电话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wàng le gěi tā māma huí gè diànhuà. [Pinyin]

   He forgot to call his mum back.

Synonyms

• 回電／回电 (huídiàn)