接听

接聽

jiētīng

verb

Meanings

1 to answer (a phone call)
2 to pick up (the phone)

Characters

to receive; to connect

to listen; to hear

Literally 'receive and listen' - the two actions of answering a phone call.

Examples

HSK 3

他一直没有接听电话。

Tā yìzhí méiyǒu jiētīng diànhuà.

He hasn't been answering his phone.

HSK 5

请接听来自客服的电话。

Qǐng jiētīng láizì kèfú de diànhuà.

Please answer the call from customer service.

Tips

usage

接听 is slightly more formal than 接 (jiē) alone. In everyday speech, people usually just say 接电话 (jiē diànhuà). 接听 appears more in written Chinese, phone menus, and customer service contexts.

Stroke Order

接 jiē

听 tīng