长途电话

長途電話

chángtú diànhuà

noun #23,446

Measure Word

打一个长途电话 gè

Meanings

1 long-distance phone call
2 trunk call

Characters

electricity; electric

speech; words; call

Examples

HSK 4

她每周都给父母打一个长途电话。

Tā měizhōu dōu gěi fùmǔ dǎ yī gè chángtú diànhuà.

She makes a long-distance call to her parents every week.

HSK 4

以前打长途电话非常贵。

Yǐqián dǎ chángtú diànhuà fēicháng guì.

Making long-distance calls used to be very expensive.

Tips

usage

长途 (long-distance) + 电话 (phone call). The verb used is 打 (to make/hit) - 打电话. In contrast, 市话 refers to a local call.

Stroke Order

长 cháng

途 tú

电 diàn

话 huà