Chinese Conversation · Level 65
90 words
Chinese word
垃圾电话
Pronunciation
Pinyinlā jī diàn huà
Meaning
- nounspam call
Example
手机经常收到垃圾电话。shǒu jī jīng cháng shōu dào lā jī diàn huà
The cell phone often gets spam calls.
More examples
手机显示陌生号码，结果是垃圾电话。shǒu jī xiǎn shì mò shēng hào mǎ jié guǒ shì lā jī diàn huà
The cell phone displayed an unfamiliar number, and it turned out to be a spam call.
Core concept
An unwanted call put in the same mental bin as discarded material, whether it seeks money, sells something, or keeps interrupting.
Common phrases
收到垃圾电话shōu dào lā jī diàn huà
receive spam calls
挂断垃圾电话guà duàn lā jī diàn huà
hang up on spam calls
不接听垃圾电话bù jiē tīng lā jī diàn huà
not answer spam calls
Similar words
诈骗电话zhà piàn diàn huà: A phone call that uses lies or fear to trick the receiver into giving away money.
推销电话tuī xiāo diàn huà: A phone call made to sell a product or service and persuade the receiver to buy it.
骚扰电话sāo rǎo diàn huà: A phone call that repeatedly disturbs and troubles the receiver.
Definition in Chinese
指未经请求、以推销、诈骗或反复打扰为目的的电话呼入，给接收者带来不便或风险。zhǐ wèi jīng qǐng qiú yǐ tuī xiāo zhà piàn huò fǎn fù dá rǎo wèi mù dì de diàn huà hū rù gěi jiē shōu zhě dài lái bú biàn huò fēng xiǎn
Word origin
垃圾电话 (lājīdiànhuà, "spam call") treats 垃圾 (lājī, "garbage") as a metaphor for unwanted communication and adds 电话 (diànhuà, "telephone") to specify the channel.
Usage tips
- The phrase describes the contact from the receiver's viewpoint, so a commercial caller can fall under it even when the caller is not pretending to be someone else.
Other meanings
- sales callnoun
- scam callnoun
- telemarketing callnoun
Opposites
- 正常电话zhèng cháng diàn huànormal callnoun
Related words
- 垃圾邮件lā jī yóu jiànspam emailnoun
- 垃圾信息lā jī xìn xīspam messagenoun