Cantonese Word of the Day
電話
/DIN-wah/ • noun — 21st of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: telephone; phone; a device or call used to talk to someone at a distance
Examples
- 你有電話嗎？
(Do you have a phone?) - 我嘅電話唔見咗。
(I lost my phone.) - 電話冇電，要充電。
(The phone has no battery; it needs charging.)
Synonyms
- 手機
- 座機
電話 is the general word for 'phone' and can refer to the device or to a phone call. To say 'to call (someone)' use the verb phrase 打電話 (daa DIN-wah). 手機 specifically means mobile phone and 座機 refers to a landline.
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