Chinese Word Entry
來電
Simplified Chinese form:
来电
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): |
ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
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| Mandarin (Pinyin): |
lái diàn
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| Cantonese (Jyutping): |
loi4 din6
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| Definitions: |
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incoming telephone call (or telegram)
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to phone in; to send in a telegram
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to have an instant attraction to sb
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(of electricity, after an outage) to come back
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Chinese characters used in this word
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來
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come,
due,
next,
cause,
become,
coming,
return,
returning
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Readings
| Mandarin: |
ㄌㄞˊ (lái),
ㄌㄞˋ (lài)
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| Cantonese: |
loi4
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| Japanese: |
ライ (rai)、
タイ (tai)
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く.る (kuru)、
きた.る (kitaru)、
きた.す (kitasu)
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| Korean: |
래 (rae),
내 (nae)
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| Vietnamese: |
lai,
lãi
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Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: |
来
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| Simplified Japanese form: |
来
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電
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electricity,
electric,
lightning
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Readings
| Mandarin: |
ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn)
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| Cantonese: |
din6
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| Japanese: |
デン (den)、
テン (ten)
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いなずま (inazuma)
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| Korean: |
전 (jeon)
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| Vietnamese: |
điện
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Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: |
电
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