Chinese word

国际长途

Pronunciation

Pinyinguó jì cháng tú

Meaning

  • nouninternational call

Example

我刚打了一个国际长途。wǒ gāng dǎ le yí gè guó jì cháng tú

I just made an international call.

Illustration for 国际长途 (international call)

More examples

我昨天接了一个国际长途电话。wǒ zuó tiān jiē le yí gè guó jì cháng tú diàn huà

I received an international call yesterday.

Core concept

A voice connection that crosses a national border, linking callers in different countries.

Common phrases

  • 打国际长途电话dǎ guó jì cháng tú diàn huà

    make an international call

  • 接国际长途电话jiē guó jì cháng tú diàn huà

    receive an international call

  • 国际长途电话费guó jì cháng tú diàn huà fèi

    international call charges

Similar words

国际电话guó jì diàn huà: A telephone call made to a person in another country.
国际通话guó jì tōng huà: Voice communication carried out between people in different countries.
长途电话cháng tú diàn huà: A telephone call to a distant place within the same country.

Definition in Chinese

指从一个国家拨打到另一个国家的语音通话，通常通过固定电话线路或移动网络传输。zhǐ cóng yí gè guó jiā bō dǎ dào lìng yí gè guó jiā de yǔ yīn tōng huà tōng cháng tōng guò gù dìng diàn huà xiàn lù huò yí dòng wǎng luò chuán shū

Word origin

国际长途 (guójìchángtú, "international call") combines 国际 (guójì, "international") with 长途 (chángtú, "long-distance") to name a call that travels between countries.

Usage tips

  • The term describes the call's cross-border scope, whether the connection uses a landline, a mobile network, or another phone service.

Opposites

  • 国内长途guó nèi cháng túdomestic long-distance callnoun
  • 本地电话běn dì diàn huàlocal callnoun

Related words

  • 国际长途电话guó jì cháng tú diàn huàinternational long-distance callnoun
  • 国际长途费guó jì cháng tú fèiinternational call chargesnoun

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