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来电

lái diàn · lai dian

Traditional 來電

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. incoming telephone call (or telegram)
  2. to phone in; to send in a telegram
  3. to have an instant attraction to sb
  4. (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
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In a conversation

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Mum is calling

  1. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)手机(shǒujī)一直(yīzhí)在(zài)响(xiǎng)，有(yǒu)来电(láidiàn)！

    Your phone keeps ringing. There is a call!

  2. Dengdeng

    是(shì)谁(shéi)的(de)来电(láidiàn)？

    Whose call is it?

  3. Liangliang

    屏幕(píngmù)上(shàng)写(xiě)的(de)是(shì)妈妈(māma)。

    The screen says Mum.

  4. Dengdeng

    啊(a)！妈妈(māma)的(de)来电(láidiàn)，我(wǒ)快(kuài)接(jiē)！

    Ah! A call from Mum, I must answer quickly!

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)按错(àncuò)了(le)，你(nǐ)把(bǎ)来电(láidiàn)挂(guà)了(le)！

    You pressed wrong. You hung up on the call!

  6. Dengdeng

    没关系(méiguānxi)，她(tā)马上(mǎshàng)会(huì)再(zài)来电(láidiàn)。

    No problem. She will call again soon.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

电(diàn)话(huà)运(yùn)营(yíng)商(shāng)提(tí)示(shì)来(lái)电(diàn)人(rén)等(děng)候(hòu)接(jiē)通(tōng)。

The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.

Tatoeba: Chinese by olia1204 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

停(tíng)电(diàn)两(liǎng)小(xiǎo)时(shí)后(hòu)，村(cūn)里(lǐ)终(zhōng)于(yú)来(lái)电(diàn)了(le)。

After two hours without power, the village finally got its electricity back.

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