电话
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
电话 (diànhuà) · telephone
电话 (diànhuà) means “telephone; phone call”. It is written with 2 characters: 电 (electricity) + 话 (words). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 电话 is built
The characters
电 diàn · electricity
What 电 is made of
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
话 huà · words
What 话 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你有他的电话吗？Nǐ yǒu tā de diànhuà ma?Do you have his phone number?
妈妈，你的电话！Māma, nǐ de diànhuà!Mom, there's a call for you!
Questions about 电话
What does 电话 mean?
电话 (diànhuà) means “telephone; phone call”.
How do you pronounce 电话?
电话 is pronounced diànhuà.
Which HSK level is 电话?
电话 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 电影diànyǐngfilm
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
- 电视台diànshìtáiTV station
- 电台diàntáiradio station
- 电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
Learn 电话 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.