通电话

通電話

tōng diànhuà

verb #12,452

Meanings

1 to make a phone call; to phone someone

Characters

to connect; to go through

electric; electricity

Examples

我昨天跟他通了个电话。

Wǒ zuótiān gēn tā tōng le gè diànhuà.

I made a phone call with him yesterday.

我们已经很久没通电话了。

Wǒmen yǐjīng hěnjiǔ méi tōng diànhuà le.

We haven't spoken on the phone in a long time.

Tips

grammar

通电话 is a verb-object (离合词) phrase. You can insert other elements: 通了个电话, 通过电话. Don't say 通电话了他 — use 跟他通电话.

Stroke Order

通 tōng

电 diàn

话 huà