电访

電訪

diànfǎng

verb

Meanings

1 to make a telephone visit / call (as a representative of a company, school or agency)
2 to conduct a phone interview or survey

Characters

electric; telephone

to visit; to interview

Examples

HSK 4

学校老师常常电访家长，了解学生情况。

Xuéxiào lǎoshī chángcháng diànfǎng jiāzhǎng, liǎojiě xuéshēng qíngkuàng.

Teachers often phone parents to check on students' situations.

HSK 5

市调公司今天电访了一千名消费者。

Shì diào gōngsī jīntiān diànfǎng le yīqiān míng xiāofèizhě.

The market research firm phone-surveyed a thousand consumers today.

Tips

register

Mainly Taiwan usage. Abbreviation of 电话访问 ('telephone visit / interview'). On the Mainland you'll more often hear 电话回访 for follow-up calls or 电话调查 for phone surveys.

Stroke Order

电 diàn

访 fǎng