Japanese Word Entry
直通電話| Kana: | ちょくつうでんわ |
| Romaji: | chokutsuudenwa |
| Definition: | direct (telephone) line, direct dialing |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 直 | straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair, straight, erect, vertical |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓˊ (zhí) |
| Cantonese: | zik6 |
| Japanese: | チョク (choku)、 ジキ (jiki)、 ジカ (jika) / ただ.ちに (tadachini)、 なお.す (naosu)、 -なお.す (-naosu)、 なお.る (naoru)、 なお.き (naoki)、 す.ぐ (sugu)、 なおい (naoi) |
| Korean: | 직 (jig) |
| Vietnamese: | trực |
| 通 | traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., common, communicate |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄨㄥ (tōng), ㄊㄨㄥˋ (tòng) |
| Cantonese: | tung1 |
| Japanese: | ツウ (tsuu)、 ツ (tsu)、 トウ (tou) / とお.る (tooru)、 とお.り (toori)、 -とお.り (-toori)、 -どお.り (-doori)、 とお.す (toosu)、 とお.し (tooshi)、 -どお.し (-dooshi)、 かよ.う (kayou) |
| Korean: | 통 (tong) |
| Vietnamese: | thông |
| 電 | electricity, electric, lightning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn) |
| Cantonese: | din6 |
| Japanese: | デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | điện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 电 |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |