📞 Making a phone call

Unit 3 · Time, places & getting around (HSK 1) · 8 min

Answer the phone with 喂 wéi. Call: 喂，您好！请问王先生在吗？ "Hello! Is Mr Wang there, please?" — 他不在 "He isn't in."

Words in this lesson

• 打电话 (dǎ diàn huà) — to make a phone call
• 喂 (wéi) — hello (on the phone)
• 请问 (qǐng wèn) — excuse me, may I ask
• 在 (zài) — to be in / present
• 电话 (diàn huà) — telephone
• 号码 (hào mǎ) — number

Project: Role-play a phone call in Chinese: ask for someone and leave your number.