来
电

Incoming telephone call (or telegram) in Chinese: 来电 (lái diàn)

lái diàn

incoming telephone call (or telegram)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 來電1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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来
电

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ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄧㄢˋ

diàn

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

来电

Simplified

來電

Traditional

Example sentences

See 来电 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我刚才没接到你的来电。

    wǒ gāng cái méi jiē dào nǐ de lái diàn。

    I missed your incoming call just now.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

电

diàn

lightning

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

电视

diàn shì

television

电影

diàn yǐng

movie

电梯

diàn tī

elevator

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

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