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接到

jiē dào · jie dao

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Meaning

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  1. to receive (letter etc)
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Sales calls

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)接到(jiēdào)三(sān)个(gè)电话(diànhuà)，都(dōu)是(shì)推销(tuīxiāo)的(de)。

    I got three calls today, all sales calls.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)一(yī)个(gè)都(dōu)没(méi)接到(jiēdào)。

    I did not get a single one today.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)清静(qīngjìng)。

    Then you have more peace than me.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)接到(jiēdào)一个(yīgè)电话(diànhuà)，就算(jiùsuàn)是(shì)推销(tuīxiāo)的(de)也(yě)好(hǎo)。

    But I want a call, even a sales call.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)下次(xiàcì)我(wǒ)把(bǎ)电话(diànhuà)转(zhuǎn)给(gěi)你(nǐ)！

    Then next time I will pass the calls to you!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)接(jiē)到(dào)许(xǔ)多(duō)来(lái)自(zì)国(guó)外(wài)的(de)电(diàn)话(huà)。

We receive many telephone calls from abroad.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

今(jīn)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)我(wǒ)接(jiē)到(dào)她(tā)的(de)一(yí)个(gè)电(diàn)话(huà)。

I got a call from her this morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Qian · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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接
jiē

to receive; to answer (the phone)

到
dào

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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