粵

通tung1電din6

simp通电
tung1 din6tōng diàn

English

  1. to set up an electric circuit
  2. to electrify
  3. to switch on
  4. to be connected to an electricity grid
  5. open telegram
  6. to call by phone
  7. to conduct electricity

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係利用電話通訊,係正式嘅講法
  2. 有電流經過

Examples

  • 村里没通电。

    The village has no electricity.

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 她打了一通電話給我。

    I had a telephone call from her.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我昨晚跟他通电话了。

    I talked to him on the telephone yesterday night.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 那通電話是引他離開房子的一個小把戲。

    The phone call was a trick to get him out of the house.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 信息产业部在其“十一五规划”(二零零六年至二零一零年)中立誓要实现村村通电话,乡乡能上网。

    In its "Eleven Five Plan" (2006 to 2010), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pledged to implement phone connections in every village and Internet connections in every town.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 雖然Flash的內容不能在iPad顯示,只要把網頁的URL發到自己的郵箱,回家便可以在普通電腦裡觀看。

    You can't view Flash content on an iPad. However, you can easily email yourself the URLs of these web pages and view that content on your regular computer when you get home.

    Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

  • 奧巴馬尋日同習主席通電。

    Obama talked to President Xi yesterday via phone. ----

  • 呢個電絲網通咗電,小心啲。

    Beware of the electrified fence.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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