Languages › Mandarin Using the Telephone in Mandarin Share Flipboard Email Print Lucas Schifres / Getty Images Mandarin Vocabulary Mandarin History and Culture Pronunciation Understanding Chinese Characters by Qiu Gui Su Qiu Gui Su is a native Mandarin speaker who has taught Mandarin Chinese for over 20 years. Updated March 04, 2019 The conventions for making and answering phone calls in Mandarin Chinese are similar to English. The main difference is that calls are usually answered with ►wèi, which is a way of saying “hello” used only on the phone. Knowledge of Mandarin numbers from zero to 9 is needed to give and understand phone numbers, so we will begin with a Mandarin number review. Mandarin Number Review Audio files are marked with ► 0 ►líng1 ►yī2 ►èr3 ►sān4 ►sì5 ►wǔ6 ►liù7 ►qī8 ►bā9 ►jiǔ Telephone Vocabulary 電話mobile phone►xíng dòng diàn huà / ►shǒu jī行動電話 / 手機fax►chuán zhēn傳真hello (for telephone only)►wèi喂what telephone number?►jǐ hào幾號call the wrong number►dă cuò le打錯了busy line►jiǎng huà zhōng講話中answer the phone►jiē diàn huà接電話please wait a moment►qǐng děng yī xià請等一下please leave a message (verbal)►qǐng liú yán請留言leave a message (written)►liú zì tiáo留字條area code►qū yù mǎ區域碼international►guó jì國際long distance►cháng tú長途direct dial►zhí bō直撥telephone company►diàn xìn jú電信局 Telephone Dialogue One A: Hello.B: Hello. Is Mr. Wang there?A: I’m sorry, you have the wrong numberB: Is this 234-5677?A: No, this is 234-9877.B: Sorry!A: No problem.A: ►Wèi.B: ►Wèi. Qǐng wèn Wáng xiān sheng zài ma?A: ►Duì bu qǐ, nǐ dǎ cuò le.B: ►Zhè lǐ shì 234-5677 ma?A: ►Bú shì, zhè lǐ shì 234-9877.B: ►Duì bu qǐ.A: ►Méi guān xi.A: 喂｡B: 喂. 請問王先生在嗎?A: 對不起 你打錯了｡B: 這裡是234-5677嗎?A: 不是 這裡是234-9877｡B: 對不起｡A: 沒關係｡ Telephone Dialogue Two A: Hello.B: Hello, is Mr. Wang there?A: Please wait a moment.A: Hello.B: Hello Mr. Wang, this is Li from Da Xing Company. Did you receive our company information that I sent you?A: Hello Mr. Li. Yes, I received it, and I will call you back later to talk about it.B: OK – very good.A: Goodbye.B: Goodbye.A: ►Wèi.B: ►Wèi. Qǐng wèn Wáng xiān sheng zài ma?A: ►Qǐng děng yī xià.A: ►Wèi.B: ►Wáng xiān sheng nǐ hǎo. Wǒ shì Dà Xīng gōng sī de Lín dà míng. Nǐ shōu dào wǒ jì gěi nǐ de zī liào le ma?A: ►Lín xiān sheng nǐ hǎo. Yǒu wǒ shōu dào le. Wǎn yī diǎn wǒ zài dǎ diàn huà gēn nǐ tǎo lùn.B: ►Hǎo de.A: ►Zài jiàn.B: ►Zài jiàn.A: 喂｡B: 喂｡ 請問王先生在嗎?A: 請等一下｡A: 喂｡B: 王先生你好｡ 我是大興公司的林大明｡ 你收到我寄給你的資料了嗎｡A: 林先生你好｡ 有 我收到了｡ 晚一點我再打電話跟你討論｡B: 好的｡A: 再見｡B: 再見｡ Continue Reading