Chinese word

未接来电

Pronunciation

Pinyinwèi jiē lái diàn

Meaning

  • nounmissed call

Example

手机上显示有一条未接来电。shǒu jī shàng xiǎn shì yǒu yì tiáo wèi jiē lái diàn

The phone shows one missed call.

Illustration for 未接来电 (missed call)

More examples

手机上有两条未接来电，我现在回拨。shǒu jī shàng yǒu liǎng tiáo wèi jiē lái diàn wǒ xiàn zài huí bō

There are two missed calls on my phone, and I'll call back now.

Core concept

An incoming phone call that goes unanswered and remains marked in the phone's records.

Common phrases

  • 有未接来电yǒu wèi jiē lái diàn

    have a missed call

  • 收到未接来电shōu dào wèi jiē lái diàn

    get a missed call

  • 查看未接来电chá kàn wèi jiē lái diàn

    check missed calls

Similar words

未接电话wèi jiē diàn huà: An incoming call that went unanswered.
未接wèi jiē: A brief phone-menu label for an unanswered incoming call.

Definition in Chinese

发生了来电但未被接听的未接通知或通话记录fā shēng le lái diàn dàn wèi bèi jiē tīng de wèi jiē tōng zhī huò tōng huà jì lù

Word origin

未接来电 (wèijiēláidiàn, "missed call") is built from 未接 (wèijiē, "not answered") + 来电 (láidiàn, "incoming call"), combining an unanswered state with an arriving call.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this term works naturally as a phone-menu label and as the name of one recorded event, covering both the notification and the history entry.

Other meanings

  • missed-call notificationnoun

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