"điện thoại" meaning in Vietnamese

See điện thoại in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ tʰwaːj˧˨ʔ] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩ʔ tʰwaːj˨˩ʔ] [Huế], [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨] (note: Saigon) Forms: chiếc [classifier], cái [classifier]
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 電話, composed of 電 (“electric”) and 話 (“conversation”). Borrowed from Japanese 電話 (denwa). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|電話}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|電|electric|話|conversation}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 電話, composed of 電 (“electric”) and 話 (“conversation”), {{bor|vi|ja|電話|tr=denwa}} Japanese 電話 (denwa) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} điện thoại, {{vi-noun|cls=chiếc, cái}} (classifier chiếc, cái) điện thoại
  1. telephone Synonyms: dây nói [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], máy [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], phôn [dated, informal] [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: điện thoại bàn (english: landline telephone), điện thoại di động (english: mobile phone; cell phone), điện thoại cầm tay (english: handheld phone), điện thoại công cộng (english: public telephone), điện thoại thông minh (english: smartphone), điện thoại tính năng (english: feature phone), điện thoại viễn thông (english: wireless phone), số điện thoại (english: phone number)
    Sense id: en-điện_thoại-vi-noun-czlyUVmJ Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếc, Vietnamese nouns classified by cái, Telephony Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếc: 57 43 Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by cái: 57 43 Disambiguation of Telephony: 47 53

Verb

IPA: [ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ tʰwaːj˧˨ʔ] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩ʔ tʰwaːj˨˩ʔ] [Huế], [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 電話, composed of 電 (“electric”) and 話 (“conversation”). Borrowed from Japanese 電話 (denwa). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|電話}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|電|electric|話|conversation}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 電話, composed of 電 (“electric”) and 話 (“conversation”), {{bor|vi|ja|電話|tr=denwa}} Japanese 電話 (denwa) Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} điện thoại, {{vi-verb}} điện thoại
  1. to telephone; to call Synonyms: điện [colloquial] [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-điện_thoại-vi-verb-ljtcYWQm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Telephony Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 25 75 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Telephony: 47 53

Alternative forms

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