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How do you say “telephone” in Vietnamese?

“Telephone” in Vietnamese is điện thoại (telephone), phôn (telephone), điện (electricity).

Vietnamese words for “telephone”

  • điện thoạinoun
    Hanoi [ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ tʰwaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨]điện heavy thoại heavy

    telephone

    for “telephone” meaning: A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance

    • Không ai nghe điện thoại cả.Nobody answered the telephone.
  • phônnoun
    Hanoi [fon˧˧] · Saigon [foŋ˧˧]phôn level

    telephone

    for “telephone” meaning: A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance

  • điệnnoun
    Hanoi [ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨]điện heavy

    electricity; electric lights

    for “telephone” meaning: To convey (information, a message, news, etc.) using a telephone (noun sense 1).

    • Xin hãy gọi điện cho ổng.Please telephone him.

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