固定电话 (gùdìng diànhuà) · landline telephone, fixed-line phone

Measure Word

一部固定电话 bù

Meanings

1 landline telephone
2 fixed-line phone

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

现在很多家庭已经不装固定电话了。

Xiànzài hěnduō jiātíng yǐjīng bù zhuāng gùdìng diànhuà le.

Many households no longer have a landline.

HSK 4

办银行卡时，要填写手机号和固定电话。

Bàn yínhángkǎ shí, yào tiánxiě shǒujīhào hé gùdìng diànhuà.

When you apply for a bank card you have to fill in your mobile number and your landline.

Tips

usage

On bills and forms it is shortened to 固话; in speech a landline is a 座机. The opposite is 移动电话, which everyday speech calls 手机.

Stroke Order

固 gù

定 dìng

电 diàn

话 huà

Related Words

电话线 diànhuàxiàn #8,939

telephone line; phone cord / telephone wire

固定 gùdìng HSK 5 #4,299

fixed; set; regular / to fix; to fasten; to establish

电话 diànhuà HSK 1 #219

telephone; phone call

电话亭 diànhuàtíng #10,203

telephone booth / phone booth

打电话 dǎ diànhuà HSK 1 #314

to make a phone call

电话簿 diànhuàbù #12,281

telephone directory / phone book

通电话 tōng diànhuà #12,452

to make a phone call; to phone someone

公用电话 gōngyòng diànhuà #14,307

public telephone / payphone

通话 tōnghuà HSK 6 #2,488

phone call; to make a phone call / to communicate by phone

回电 huídiàn #7,682

to call back (on the phone) / to reply by telegram/cable