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來電

lái diàn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

來電 (lái diàn) is a Chinese word meaning “incoming telephone call (or telegram)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. incoming telephone call (or telegram)
  2. to phone in; to send in a telegram
  3. to have an instant attraction to sb
  4. (of electricity, after an outage) to come back

Stroke order

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Example

剛才有一通你的來電。

There was an incoming call for you just now.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).