26 Telecommunications and e-communications: telephones, the internet, and faxes
Telecommunications and e-communications play a major role in communication in China. This
chapter presents expressions associated with the use of these technologies.26.1 making and receiving phone calls; sending and receiving
faxes and email messages
26.1.1 telephone and mobile phone/cell phone
给 (someone) 打电话/給 (someone) 打電話
gěi (someone) dǎ diànhuà
make a phone call to someone(请)给我打电话。
(請)給我打電話。
(Qǐng) gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.
(Please) call me.
请打我的手机。
請打我的手機。
Qǐng dǎ wǒ de shǒujī.
Please call my mobile.接电话/接電話
jiē diànhuà
receive a phone call
没人接电话。
沒人接電話。
Méi rén jiē diànhuà.
No one is answering the phone.发短信 or 发短消息
發短信 發短消息
fā duǎnxìn fā duǎn xiāoxi
send a text message我给你发了短信。
我給你發了短信。
Wǒ gěi nǐ fā le duǎnxìn.
I sent you a text message.