Chinese word

回拨

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuí bō

Meaning

  • verbcall back

Example

请稍等，他会回拨你的电话。qǐng shāo děng tā huì huí bō nǐ de diàn huà

Please wait a moment. He will call you back.

Illustration for 回拨 (call back)

More examples

对方没接电话，我就会再回拨一次。duì fāng méi jiē diàn huà wǒ jiù huì zài huí bō yí cì

If the other person does not answer the phone, I will call back again.

Core concept

A phone call moves back to the person who first called or whose call was missed.

Common phrases

  • 请给我回拨qǐng gěi wǒ huí bō

    Please call me back

  • 再回拨一次zài huí bō yí cì

    call back again

  • 客服会回拨客户kè fú huì huí bō kè hù

    customer service will call the customer back

Similar words

回电话huí diàn huà: Call back to speak with someone after an earlier phone call.
回电huí diàn: Call back in response to a phone call received.
打回去dǎ huí qù: Phone someone back using a casual spoken expression.

Definition in Chinese

对来电或漏接电话的回应动作，指由原本接收方或发起方再次拨打对方电话以回电或恢复通话的行为。duì lái diàn huò lòu jiē diàn huà de huí yìng dòng zuò zhǐ yóu yuán běn jiē shōu fāng huò fā qǐ fāng zài cì bō dǎ duì fāng diàn huà yǐ huí diàn huò huī fù tōng huà de xíng wéi

Word origin

回 (huí, "return") + 拨 (bō, "dial") describes dialing a number again in response to an earlier call.

Usage tips

  • On a phone screen, 回拨 (huíbō, "call back") can label a button or service action, so the term covers an automatic prompt as well as a person's response.

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