lái diàn
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  • 1

    n.incoming telegram; incoming phone call; your message

    • lái diàn shōu dào

      来电收到

      Your telegram received.

    • yuè rì lái diàn xī

      318来电

      Your message of March 18 received.

    • fēi cháng gǎn xiè nín de lái diàn

      非常感谢来电

      Thank you very much for yourcall.

  • 2

    v.send a telegram here; make a phone call here

    • xiè jué lái diàn huò lái fǎng

      谢绝来电来访

      Visitors either by telephones or in person are not welcome.

    • wǒ duì lái diàn jìn xíng lù yīn

      来电进行录音

      I keep a tape of incoming calls.

    • tā lái diàn shuō tā yào wǎn dào

      来电

      He telephoned to say he'd be late.

  • 3

    v.power supply resumes after a blackout;

    • lái diàn le wǒ men zhè xià bù yòng mō hēi le

      来电我们不用摸黑

      The power is on again, so that we don't need to grope about in the dark.

  • 4

    v.infmlclick with somebody; there is chemistry (between a boyfriend and girlfriend)

    • wǒ duì nà ge nǚ de bù lái diàn

      那个来电

      There is no chemistry between the girl and I.

Word usage

  • "来电" is often matched with measure word "次"or"个".
    • 来电

      one call

    • 来电

      one call