通话 tōnghuà to hold a conversation
to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call
怎么记住“通话”: 通 pass through + 话 speech = to hold a conversation.
汉字
用法
- To talk on the phone; a phone call - 正在通话中 (zhèngzài tōnghuà zhōng) the line is busy / on a call, 视频通话 (shìpín tōnghuà) video call.
- Specifically a spoken telephone/voice conversation, and a common counting unit for call time.
- The 话 is "speech," so it's the live talking, not messaging.
例句
- 我同事的普通话说得很好。 Wǒ tóngshìde pǔtōnghuà shuōde hěn hǎo.My coworker speaks Mandarin really well.