接听

接聽

jiētīng

verb HSK 7-9

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

他一直没有接听电话。

Tā yìzhí méiyǒu jiētīng diànhuà.

He hasn't been answering his phone.

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